Johnson v. State

EDWIN H. SMITH, Chief Judge.

Timothy Johnson appeals the motion court’s order overruling, without an evi-dentiary hearing, his Rule 29.15 1 motion for post-conviction relief, alleging ineffective assistance of appellate counsel. After a jury trial in the Circuit Court of Cole County, the appellant was convicted of the class B felony of committing violence against an employee of the Missouri Department of Corrections, § 217.385. 2 Pursuant to § 558.016, the appellant was sentenced as a prior and persistent offender to twenty years in the Missouri Department of Corrections, to be served…