State v. Williams

PARRISH, Judge.

Carlos O. Williams (defendant) was charged and convicted, following a jury trial, of two counts (Counts I and III) of assault in the first degree with serious physical injury, § 565.050,1 and two counts (Counts II and IV) of armed criminal action, § 571.015. He thereafter filed a motion for post-conviction relief as permitted by Rule 29.15 that was denied after an evidentiary hearing.

Defendant appeals both his judgment of conviction (No. 20226) and the order denying his Rule 29.15 motion (No. 20818). The appeals were consolidated pursuant to Rule 29.15(Z) as it existed on the…