White v. State

BLACKMAR, Chief Justice.

On May 9, 1986 the defendant pleaded guilty to three counts of Class B rape in *572the Circuit Court of Clay County and was sentenced to 12 years in the penitentiary.

On December 19, 1988 he filed an application pursuant to Rule 24.035, Mo.R. Crim.P., stating that at the time of his guilty plea he was suffering from a brain tumor which made him unable to regulate or control his sexual conduct. He says, therefore, that his plea should have been “not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect” rather than “guilty,” and that his guilty pleas should be set aside.

Rule…