Sykes v. State

JAMES EDWARD WELSH, Presiding Judge.

Sean Lee Sykes appeals the circuit court’s judgment denying his Rule 29.15 motion for post-conviction relief after an evidentiary hearing. A jury found Sykes guilty of the class B felony of recklessly exposing another to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection without that person’s knowledge or consent in violation of section 191.677.1(2), RSMo Cum.Supp. 2011. The circuit court sentenced Sykes as a prior and persistent offender to a term of life imprisonment, and this court affirmed the conviction and sentence. State v. Sykes, 275 S.W.3d 832 (Mo.App.…