Morse v. State

Introduction

Appellant Harold Morse (“Morse”) appeals from the judgment of the motion court denying his Rule 29.151 motion for post-conviction relief without an evidentia-ry hearing. Following a jury trial, Morse was convicted of one count of concealing a prohibited item in a correctional facility. The trial court sentenced Morse as a prior and persistent offender to thirty years’ imprisonment. Morse’s conviction and sentence were affirmed on direct appeal by this Court in State v. Morse, 418 S.W.3d 387 (Mo.App.E.D.2013). Morse subsequently filed a Rule 29.15 motion for post-conviction relief…