Tucker v. State

Introduction

Appellant Ronald Tucker (“Tucker”) appeals from the judgment of the motion court denying his Rule 29.151 motion for post-conviction relief following a partial ev-identiary hearing. Tucker was found guilty, following a jury trial, of one count of first-degree statutory sodomy and two counts of first-degree child molestation of two victims, B.M. and G.M., and sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment. This Court upheld Tucker’s convictions and sentence on direct appeal in State v. Tucker, 367 S.W.3d 674 (Mo.App.E.D. 2012). Tucker subsequently filed a Rule 29.15 motion alleging…