MARTIN v. STATE

No. 43183.

623 S.W.2d 75 (1981)

Victor Harold MARTIN, Movant-Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Division Three.

October 6, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary K. Wefelmeyer, St. Louis, for movant-appellant.

John Ashcroft, Atty. Gen., Rosalynn Van Heest, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for respondent.


CLEMENS, Senior Judge.

In this Rule 27.26 case movant-defendant had an evidentiary hearing. He had been found guilty of murder and got a life sentence. The trial court denied the motion and defendant appeals.

Here, defendant claims the motion court erred in finding against his contention a prosecution witness was an admitted perjurer; and, that trial counsel was ineffective in failing to investigate his belief the state had suborned perjury.

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