Haddock v. State

EDWIN H. SMITH, Judge.

Billy Gene Haddock appeals from an order of the circuit court denying, without an evidentiary hearing, his Rule 29.15 1 motion for post-conviction relief. The appellant was convicted, after a bench trial, in the Circuit Court of Jackson County of one count of voluntary manslaughter, § 565.023, 2 for which he was sentenced to fifteen years in the Missouri Department of Corrections (DOC).

In his sole point on appeal, the appellant claims that the motion court erred in denying his Rule 29.15 motion, without an evi-dentiary hearing, because he alleged facts, not conclusions,…