ABRAMS v. STATE

No. 47209.

670 S.W.2d 581 (1984)

Jerome ABRAMS, Movant-Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Division Two.

May 9, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert G. Burridge, St. Louis, for movant-appellant.

John Ashcroft, Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, George A. Peach, Circuit Atty., St. Louis, for respondent.


PUDLOWSKI, Judge.

Jerome Abrams, movant, appeals the denial of his Rule 27.26 motion after an evidentiary hearing. Movant claims he was denied effective assistance of counsel by his attorney's failure to call or even to investigate a possible alibi witness.

The circumstances giving rise to this appeal began May 22, 1978 in the City of St. Louis when an elderly woman was struck on the head from behind with a heavy object and her purse was stolen. Movant was...

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