CHAPMAN v. STATE

No. 40632.

579 S.W.2d 855 (1979)

Larry CHAPMAN, Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Division Three.

April 3, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph V. Neill, St. Louis, for appellant.

Paul Robert Otto, Asst. Atty. Gen., John D. Ashcroft, Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for respondent.


GUNN, Judge.

Movant's rule 27.26 motion to set aside and vacate his conviction and sentence for first degree robbery was denied without evidentiary hearing. His appeal from that denial raises two points: that the trial court erred in failing to appoint counsel to assist him in the preparation of his motion; that a question of fact existed as to whether ineffective assistance of counsel caused his guilty plea to be involuntary. We affirm.

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