STEVENS v. STATE

No. 10493.

560 S.W.2d 599 (1978)

Terry STEVENS, Movant-Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Springfield District.

January 3, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ted M. Henson, Jr., Scott and Henson, Poplar Bluff, for movant-appellant.

John D. Ashcroft, Atty. Gen., Jeff W. Schaeperkoetter, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for respondent.

Before BILLINGS, C. J., and TITUS and FLANIGAN, JJ.


BILLINGS, Chief Judge.

Appellant Terry Stevens, presently serving a 25-year sentence for sodomizing a ten-year-old boy, was denied postconviction relief on his claim of ineffective assistance of counsel and appealed. We affirm.

Initially, we overrule the state's motion to dismiss this appeal or in the alternative to strike appellant's brief for violation of Rule 84.04(c), V.A.M.R., which requires the statement of facts in a brief "shall be a fair and concise...

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