SMOTHERS v. STATE

No. WD 31658.

614 S.W.2d 20 (1981)

Richard F. SMOTHERS, Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District.

Motion for Rehearing and/or Transfer Denied March 30, 1981.

Application to Transfer Denied May 11, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John E. Turner, Kansas City, Popham, Conway, Sweeny, Fremont & Bundschu, P. C., Kansas City, of counsel, for appellant.

John Ashcroft, Atty. Gen., Nancy Kelley Baker, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for respondent.

Before PRITCHARD, P. J., TURNAGE and CLARK, JJ.


Motion for Rehearing and/or Transfer to Supreme Court Denied March 30, 1981.

PRITCHARD, Presiding Judge.

In this Rule 27.26 proceedings, appellant contends that his trial counsel was ineffective by reason of failure to call certain witnesses. Appellant was convicted of murder in the first degree, with a sentence of life imprisonment, and the judgment of conviction was affirmed in State v. Smothers, 518 S.W.2d 187...

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