Johnson v. State

EDWIN H. SMITH, Chief Judge.

Richard E. Johnson, Jr., appeals from the order of the Circuit Court of Randolph County denying, without an evidentiary hearing, his motion to reopen his Rule 24.035 1 post-conviction proceeding. On September 5, 1995, the appellant pled guilty, in the Circuit Court of Randolph County, to one count of rape, in violation of § 566.030 (1994), 2 and was sentenced as a prior and persistent offender, §§ 558.016 and 558.019, to twenty years in the Missouri Department of Corrections. The appellant did not appeal his convictions.

On January 17, 1996, the appellant filed a…