Case Name: John W. JOHNSON, Movant-Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent
Court: Missouri Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Missouri
Decision Date: 1977-06-21
Citations: 553 S.W.2d 499
Docket Number: No. 38252
Parties: John W. JOHNSON, Movant-Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent.
Judges: DOWD and SMITH, JJ., concur.
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 553
Pages: 499–500

Head Matter:
John W. JOHNSON, Movant-Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent.
No. 38252.
Missouri Court of Appeals, St. Louis District.
June 21, 1977.
William J. Shaw, Public Defender, Richard L. Rodemyer, Asst. Public Defender, Clayton, for movant-appellant.
John D. Ashcroft, Atty. Gen., Philip M. Koppe, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for respondent.

Opinion:
CLEMENS, Presiding Judge.
Movant's Rule 27.26 motion was denied by the trial court without an evidentiary hearing and he has appealed.
Movant had been found guilty of possessing heroin and sentenced to five years' imprisonment. We affirmed the conviction in State v. Johnson, 529 S.W.2d 658 (Mo.App.1975). Thereafter movant filed his "post-conviction motion to vacate the judgment of conviction and sentence."
We limit our review to deciding whether the trial court's order is clearly erroneous. Rule 27.26(j).
The only ground in movant's motion challenges the original search and seizure of his briefcase. In McCrary v. State, 529 S.W.2d 467[3] (Mo.App.1975) we ruled that "a claim of illegal search is not cognizable in 27.26 proceedings." Further, this point was adjudicated on appeal and cannot be reconsidered in a post-conviction proceeding. Cochran v. State, 545 S.W.2d 710[1] (Mo.App.1975).
The state's motion to retax costs is denied.
Judgment affirmed.
DOWD and SMITH, JJ., concur.