Copas v. State

HOLLINGER, Judge.

Jeffrey Copas appeals the denial of his Rule 24.035 motion without an evidentiary hearing. He argues that the motion court clearly erred because the record before the court did not refute the allegations that the plea court and his plea counsel failed to inform him a jury’s verdict must be unanimous, that the state carried the burden of proof at trial, and that his trial counsel wrongly informed him that he would have to prove his innocence if he proceeded trial.

Copas was charged by indictment, as a persistent offender, with driving while intoxicated, § 577.021, 1 and driving…