Brooks v. State

CARL R. GAERTNER, Judge.

Defendant, Alexander Brooks, appeals from the denial of his Rule 24.035 motion without an evidentiary hearing. Defendant pled guilty to four counts of forcible rape in violation of § 566.030 RSMo 1986 and one count of felonious restraint in violation of § 565.120 RSMo 1986. We affirm.

After a jury trial in 1989, the defendant was found guilty of four counts of forcible rape and one count of felonious restraint. Those convictions were overturned on appeal because the State had presented inadmissible evidence of uncharged crimes. See State v. Brooks, 810 S.W.2d 627…