Bruce v. State

HANNA, Judge.

This appeal is from the denial of the defendant’s Rule 24.035 motion for post-conviction relief by the Jackson County Circuit Court. The defendant, Anthony Bruce, claims that the court lacked jurisdiction to accept his guilty plea, because he was not notified until after he pled guilty of the existence of a detainer lodged against him while he was incarcerated in another state. He contends that since he was not promptly notified of the detainer, the provisions of the Interstate Agreement on Detainers Act were violated.

The procedural history of this matter began on February 10,…