Ellis v. State

HOLSTEIN, Chief Judge.

Movant Richard James Ellis was convicted of two counts of sodomy by having deviate sexual intercourse with a child less than fourteen years old, § 566.060.3.1 He was sentenced to two consecutive ten-year *196terms, § 558.011.1(1). The conviction was affirmed on appeal. State v. Ellis, 710 S.W.2d 378 (Mo.App.1986).

A motion for post-conviction relief was filed December 28, 1987, pursuant to former Rule 27.26.2 Following an evidentiary-hearing, movant was denied relief and now appeals.

Movant’s final point, which we address first, conjunctively asserts two unrelated errors. The…