Baker v. State

FOR APPELLANT: Kevin B. Gau, Asst. Public Defender, Missouri State Public Defender Office, 1010 Market Street, Suite 1100, St. Louis, MO 63101.

FOR RESPONDENT: Joshua D. Hawley, Attorney General, Justin A. Moody, Asst. Atty. Gen., P.O. Box 899, Jefferson City, MO 65102.

ROBERT M. CLAYTON III, Judge *735Amanda Lee Baker ("Movant") appeals the judgment denying her Rule 24.0351 motion for post-conviction relief without an evidentiary hearing. Because Movant's amended motion for post-conviction relief was untimely filed and the motion court made no independent inquiry into whether Movant was abandoned…