Stevens v. State

JEFFREY W. BATES, Presiding Judge.

Fred Stevens (Stevens) appeals from an order denying his amended Rule 24.035 motion for post-conviction relief following an evidentiary hearing. 1 Prior to entering his guilty plea, Stevens failed to appear for both a pretrial conference and a jury trial, requiring the court to twice issue capias warrants for his arrest. After he pled guilty and was placed on probation, Stevens again absconded for nearly a year. Applying the escape rule, we dismiss his appeal.

In January 2004, Stevens was charged by information with: two counts of the class C felony of assault…