Hughes v. State

JEFFREY W. BATES, Chief Judge.

Ryan Hughes (Hughes) appeals from an order denying his Rule 24.035 motion without an evidentiary hearing. 1 In the underlying criminal case, Hughes was charged with robbery in the second degree. See § 569.030. He pled guilty and received a nine-year sentence. Thereafter, Hughes filed a timely pro se Rule 24.035 motion to set aside his guilty plea. The motion alleged that his plea was involuntary because defense counsel failed to conduct an adequate investigation. The motion court denied relief without conducting an eviden-tiary hearing. We affirm.

I. Factual and…