Richard Simmons v. State of Missouri

In the Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District DIVISION ONE RICHARD SIMMONS, ) No. ED99128 ) Appellant, ) Appeal from the Circuit Court ) of St. Francois County vs. ) ) Honorable Kenneth Pratte STATE OF MISSOURI, ) ) Respondent. ) FILED: March 4, 2014 Richard Simmons ("Movant") appeals from the denial, without an evidentiary hearing, of his Rule 24.035 motion for post-conviction relief. We affirm. I. BACKGROUND On or about August 14, 2009, Movant was an inmate at the Department of Corrections' ("DOC") Eastern Reception Diagnostic Correction Center ("Correction Center"). On that date,…