Cook v. State

GARY W. LYNCH, Judge.

On February 6, 2001, Matthew Wayne Cook (Defendant) entered a plea of guilty in the Circuit Court of Christian County to one count of attempted forcible sodomy, pursuant to § 566.060, and one count of child molestation in the first degree, pursuant to § 566.067. 1 The following month, Defendant was sentenced to serve thirty years on the sodomy charge and, concurrently, seven years on the child molestation charge. Thereafter, Defendant timely filed a Rule 24.035 motion seeking post-conviction relief (Motion). The Motion asserted two claims: first, that Defendant’s plea was…