Baker v. State

PARRISH, Chief Judge.

Tim Baker (movant) appeals from an order denying his Rule 24.035 motion. The motion was directed to criminal convictions and sentences for assault in the first degree, § 565.050,1 a class A felony2 (Count I), and armed criminal action, § 571.015, a class A felony (Count II). Movant was sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment on Count I and three years on Count II. The sentences were ordered to run consecutively-

Movant contends that he was denied effective assistance of counsel in his underlying criminal case. He contends that his pleas of guilty were involuntary because they…