Legal Opinion

Dieckhoff v. State

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided July 13, 2004No. WD 63163Published

1Opinion of the Court

RONALD R. HOLLIGER, Judge.

Gary Dieckhoff entered a plea of guilty and was convicted of two counts of statutory sodomy in the first degree, Section 566.062, RSMo., for having deviate sexual intercourse with a minor. He now appeals the denial of his Rule 24.035 motion without an evidentiary hearing. Because there is no judgment in conformance with Rule 74.01, the appeal is dismissed.

A motion under Rule 24.035 is a civil proceeding. Subsection (j) requires the court to make Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law whether or not an eviden-tiary hearing is held. Subsection (k) of that Rule…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. In the Interest of ProughMissouri Court of Appeals · 1999
  2. Rhodelander v. Liberty Christian FellowshipMissouri Court of Appeals · 1999
  3. Ballinger v. RheesMissouri Court of Appeals · 2000

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