Samuels v. State

MAUS, Judge.

Movant Lemon Samuels entered a plea of guilty to a charge of murder in the second degree. His plea was accepted and he was sentenced to imprisonment for 25 years. He seeks to set aside that plea by a motion under Rule 27.26.1 After an evidentiary hearing, the motion court denied relief. Movant states one point on appeal.

The record presents little documentation of the proceedings in the underlying criminal case. The following is the general background of that case gleaned by implication from the testimony and findings of the motion court. The movant and Leon Gamer were charged with…