State v. Skelton

CHOW, Judge.

A jury found Appellant, Gary Skelton, guilty of robbery in the first degree. § 569.020, RSMo 1986. The trial court, having found Appellant a prior offender, § 558.016.2, RSMo Cmn.Supp.1992, a persistent offender, § 558.016.3, RSMo Cum.Supp. 1992, and a class X offender, § 558.019.4(3), RSMo Cmn.Supp.1992, 1 sentenced him to twenty years’ imprisonment. Appellant brings appeal 18671 from that judgment and sentence.

After delivery to the Department of Corrections, Appellant attacked the conviction in an action per Rule 29.15. 2 Following an evidentiary hearing, the motion court…