Perry v. State

CLEMENS, Presiding Judge.

Movant Charles Perry (hereafter defendant) pleaded guilty to separate charges of unlawful sale of a firearm and assault without malice. The trial court sentenced him to four years’ imprisonment on the weapon charge and a consecutive three-year term on the assault charge. Defendant’s Rule 27.26 motion was denied without an eviden-tiary hearing and this denial is now assigned as error.

Defendant contends the allegations in his motion were sufficient to require an eviden-tiary hearing — his pleas were involuntary because he was subject to coercion, his counsel was…