Brown v. State

SHANGLER, Judge.

The defendant Brown appeals from the denial, after hearing, of his motion under Rule 24.035 for post-conviction relief from a twenty-year sentence entered on his plea of guilty to murder in the second degree. He contends that the plea was rendered involuntary by the undue involvement in the plea agreement process by the trial judge, and because of the coercion of trial counsel.

*115The defendant Brown was formally charged with first degree murder. The defendant moved for change of judge and the Honorable Kenneth R. Lewis was assigned to the case by order of the Supreme Court. The…