HUTSON v. STATE

No. 53346.

747 S.W.2d 770 (1988)

Lawrence H. HUTSON, Defendant-Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Plaintiff-Respondent.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Division Four.

March 29, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas R. Motley, Public Defender, Hannibal, for defendant-appellant.

William L. Webster, Atty. Gen., Robert V. Franson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for plaintiff-respondent.


CRANDALL, Judge.

Movant, Lawrence H. Hutson, was convicted, after a jury trial, of murder in the first degree. He was sentenced to life imprisonment. That conviction was affirmed on direct appeal. State v. Hutson, 537 S.W.2d 809 (Mo.App.1976). Movant now appeals from the denial of his Rule 27.26 motion after an evidentiary hearing. We affirm.

Movant claims that his trial counsel was ineffective because he failed to...

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