Evans v. State

JAMES K. PREWITT, Judge.

Appellant appeals from denials of his post-conviction motions filed under Rule 24.035. Those appeals have been consolidated. Appellant’s counsel in Appeal No. 23261 describes this case as having “a long and tortured procedural history.” No one involved disagrees.

Appellant entered pleas of guilty to murder in the second degree (§ 565.021.1, RSMo 1994) and armed criminal action (§ 571.015, RSMo 1994), before Circuit Judge Anthony Heckemeyer, in the Circuit Court of Scott County on June 22, 1995.1

At the plea hearing, Appellant was represented by Anne Kiske, Assistant…