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629 S.W.2d 386

Dancy v. State

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided September 15, 1981

Missouri Court of Appeals · decided 1981-09-15

Relies on Brame v. State

Decided 1981-09-15

CRIST, Presiding Judge.

¶1Movant is serving a sentence of twenty-five years imprisonment on his conviction of robbery in the first degree. He appeals from an order denying, after an evidentiary hearing, his motion under Rule 27.26 attacking his sentence. He also filed a notice of appeal from an order denying, without an evidentiary hearing, his pro se “Motion Under Rule 75.01 to Vacate, Set Aside or Correct” the order denying his Rule 27.26 motion.

¶2We first note that movant’s “Motion Under Rule 75.01 ...” was filed more than thirty days after entry of the order denying his Rule 27.26 motion, and eight days after the notice of appeal therefrom was filed in this court. The motion was a nullity, and through it no issue is presented for review. Brame v. State, 597 S.W.2d 665, 668 (Mo.App.1980).

¶3Movant’s brief has little meaning when it is stripped of the matters raised in his motion under Rule 75.01. We, nevertheless, have searched ex gratia a very difficult record, and conclude that the order entered on the Rule 27.26 motion must be affirmed.

¶4Movant claims he had ineffective assistance of counsel at his trial because, first, his lawyer did not object to the alleged systematic exclusion of women from jury service. He also asserts an unchallenged illegal arrest and counsel’s failure to locate and call certain alibi witnesses. In addition, he claims ineffective assistance of counsel at his Rule 27.26 hearing. However, the trial court’s order is based on findings of fact which are not clearly erroneous. No error of law appears, and an extended opinion would have no preceden-tial value.

¶5The order is affirmed in accordance with Rule 84.16(b).

REINHARD and SNYDER, JJ„ concur.
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