Sage v. State

PREWITT, Presiding Judge.

Following jury trial, Movant was convicted of two counts of statutory sodomy in the first degree. Thereafter, he filed a motion for postconviction relief under Rule 29.15. After an evidentiary hearing, the motion was denied. Movant appeals. Review of a ruling on a Rule 29.15 motion is limited to a determination of whether the findings and conclusions of the trial court are clearly erroneous. Rule 29.15(k).

Movant asserts that the trial court clearly erred in denying his motion, “in that counsel [for Movant at trial] never made Mr. Sage aware of the conflict of interest…