Legal Opinion

Williams v. State

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided August 21, 2018No. SD 35000Published

1Opinion of the CourtDon E. Burrell, P.J.

*610Joseph V. Williams ("Movant") was serving sentences totaling 734 years in the Department of Corrections ("DOC") when a jury found him guilty of a class B felony for punching a DOC employee in the face. See section 217.385.1 The trial court added another 15 years to the existing 734, and we affirmed the conviction and sentence in State v. Williams , 375 S.W.3d 920 (Mo. App. S.D. 2012).2 After the same judge later denied his amended Rule 29.153 motion for post-conviction relief ("the motion"),4 Movant timely filed this appeal, claiming in a single point relied on that his trial counsel5 was…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Estelle v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  3. Deck v. MissouriSupreme Court of the United States · 2005
  4. Charles K. Moore v. State of MissouriSupreme Court of Missouri · 2015
  5. McLaughlin v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 2012

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