Ronald Taylor v. State of Missouri

Appellant Ronald Taylor pleaded guilty to three charges of burglary in the second degree under § 569.170, 1 based on break-ins at three school buildings in Plattsburg in July 2009. Taylor was sentenced to three consecutive seven-year sentences, and placed on probation. After his probation was revoked and the sentences executed, Taylor moved for post-conviction relief under Supreme Court Rule 24.035. Taylor’s amended Rule 24.035 motion alleged that his guilty pleas were involuntary because they were coerced by the State’s initial filing of charges of burglary in the first degree, for which the…