Hill v. State

CRIST, Judge.

Movant appeals the denial of his Rule 27.26 motion without an evidentiary hearing. We affirm.

Movant claims entitlement to an eviden-tiary hearing because his motion alleged he pleaded guilty to carrying a concealed weapon based upon threatened prosecution for arson, thereby rendering the guilty plea involuntary.

The transcript of the guilty plea proceeding conclusively repudiates movant’s contention, therefore obviating a need for an evidentiary hearing. Rule 27.26(j); Merritt v. State, 650 S.W.2d 21, 22 (Mo.App.1983).

The record of the guilty plea hearing demonstrates movant…