Case Name: Willie WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent
Court: Missouri Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Missouri
Decision Date: 1983-03-01
Citations: 650 S.W.2d 17
Docket Number: No. 45793
Parties: Willie WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent.
Judges: CRANDALL, P.J., and REINHARD and CRIST, JJ., concur.
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 650
Pages: 17–18

Head Matter:
Willie WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent.
No. 45793.
Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Division Three.
March 1, 1983.
Motion for Rehearing/Transfer to Supreme Court Denied April 15, 1983.
Application to Transfer Denied May 31, 1983.
Ralph A. Dobberstein, St. Louis, for appellant.
John Ashcroft, Atty. Gen., Kristie Green, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, George A. Peach, City Circuit Atty., St. Louis, for respondent.

Opinion:
CLEMENS, Senior Judge.
Appeal from summary denial of movant-defendant's Rule 27.26 motion. We had affirmed defendant's robbery conviction in State v. Williams, 624 S.W.2d 127 (Mo.App.1981).
Defendant's complaint alleges trial counsel was ineffective. To be entitled to a hearing on this a defendant must plead facts rather than conclusions; claims that counsel's failure to present defenses must be described and shown to have been dis coverable. Smith v. State, 513 S.W.2d 407 l.c. 411 (Mo. banc 1974). See also Greenhaw v. State, 627 S.W.2d 103[6, 7] (Mo.App.1982) holding: "The claim that an attorney's investigation of a case is inadequate must allege what specific information the attorney failed to discover, that reasonable investigation would have disclosed that information, and that the information would have aided or improved appellant's position."
Here the motion court separately considered defendant's eight claims of inadequate trial counsel, found each to be con-clusory and cited judicial authority for each denial.
Defendant was given a copy of the motion court's memorandum, so there is no need to quote defendant's motion or the court's detailed memorandum.
Affirmed.
CRANDALL, P.J., and REINHARD and CRIST, JJ., concur.