Citation Codes Equivalent Citations citation codes Docket Number No. WD 38436. Attorney(S) Joseph H. Locascio, Special Public Defender, Kansas City, for William L. Webster, , John M. Morris, , Jefferson City, for See more information ... Smart Summary Please sign up to generate summary. VERNON TATUM, APPELLANT, v. STATE OF MISSOURI, RESPONDENT. ORDER PER CURIAM: Appeal from denial after evidentiary hearing of a Rule 27.26 motion to vacate conviction of murder in the first degree, § 565.003 RSMo 1978, and sentence to life in prison. Judgment affirmed. Rule 84.16(b).