ALLEN D. GILES, Movant-Appellant v. STATE OF MISSOURI, Respondent-Respondent.

OPINION AUTHOR

Allen D. Giles (“Movant”) voluntarily, knowingly, and intelligently waived his constitutional right to assistance of counsel and proceeded to trial without counsel on charges of first-degree statutory rape and first-degree statutory sodomy. See sections 566.032 and 566.062. 1 He was convicted of those charges following a jury trial and sentenced to two consecutive terms of life imprisonment. His convictions were affirmed on direct appeal to this court in State v. Giles, 386 S.W.3d 822 (Mo.App. S.D. 2012). In Giles, we held that the trial court committed no error in allowing the…