Church v. State

BARNEY, Presiding Judge.

Michael Church (Movant) pleaded guilty to the Class D felony of attempted stealing pursuant to § 570.030, RSMo 1994. He was sentenced to five years in the Missouri Department of Corrections. From this plea and sentence, Movant filed his Rule 24.035 motion for posteonviction relief. After an evi-dentiary hearing, the court denied his motion.

Movant appeals the denial of his Rule 24.035 motion. He claims he was denied effective assistance of counsel in that counsel led Movant to believe that he would receive drug treatment if he pled guilty. Movant also contends that…