Chatman v. State

DOWD, Presiding Judge.

Movant, Jerry Chatman, appeals from the dismissal without an evidentiary hearing of his Rule 27.26 motion.

Chatman pled guilty to a charge of assault with intent to kill with malice and was sentenced to 17 years imprisonment. The bases of his Rule 27.26 motion are that his guilty plea was neither voluntarily nor intelligently made, that he was denied effective assistance of counsel and that his sentence constituted cruel and unusual punishment.

Movant now appeals the dismissal of his 27.26 motion alleging that the trial court erred in refusing movant an evidentiary hearing…