Hayes v. State

MARK D. PFEIFFER, Presiding Judge.

Orlando D. Hayes (Hayes) appeals the trial court’s order denying his Rule 29.15 1 motion in which he alleged that he received ineffective assistance of trial counsel and appellate counsel. On appeal, he presents one point in which he claims that the motion court erred in overruling his Rule 29.15 motion because the record at the evidentiary hearing established that his trial counsel was ineffective for failing to file a motion to dismiss the kidnapping charge in Howard County, which was later transferred to Cooper County, on the basis that, pursuant to Rule…