Weston v. State

ALBERT A. RIEDERER, Judge.

Appellant, Eric L. Weston appeals from the denial, without an evidentiary hearing, of his Rule 24.035 motion for postconviction relief. He had pleaded guilty to mur der in the second degree and armed criminal action. He claimed in the motion that his guilty plea was involuntary because his plea counsel failed to inform him that the State could indirectly advance a request for the imposition of consecutive sentences through the presentation of a victim impact statement. He now claims the motion court “clearly erred” in refusing to grant him an evidentiary hearing.…