Legal Opinion

Villaneuva v. State

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided September 23, 1986No. 51366Published

1Opinion of the Court

CRIST, Judge.

Movant appeals the denial, without an evidentiary hearing, of his Rule 27.26 motion. The sentence sought to be corrected was for two consecutive ten-year terms for felonious assault and sodomy. We affirm.

Movant was convicted in October of 1978 and this court affirmed that judgment. State v. Villaneuva, 598 S.W.2d 161 (Mo.App.1980). Movant alleged that the sentencing judge’s intentions had been thwarted by actions of the Missouri Department of Correction. Movant was sentenced when its administrative policy allowed for commutation of a sentence for good behavior after 7/12 of the…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. State v. ByrneMissouri Court of Appeals · 1979
  2. Parrish v. WyrickMissouri Court of Appeals · 1979
  3. State v. VillanuevaMissouri Court of Appeals · 1980

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