Byrd v. State

DON E. BURRELL, Judge.

A Pemiscot County jury found Donald A. Byrd (“Movant”) guilty of four counts of statutory sodomy in the first degree for sexually molesting his step-daughter (“Victim”) between September 2002 and March 2005, beginning when Victim was eight years old. This court affirmed those convictions in an unpublished order and memorandum. State v. Byrd, No. 28417, slip op. (MoApp.S.D. Nov. 4, 2008). After our mandate issued, Movant timely filed a pro se motion seeking post-conviction relief under Rule 29.15. 1 Appellate counsel was appointed and filed an amended motion on Movant’s…