Jones v. State

CLEMENS, Presiding Judge.

Defendant has appealed from denial of his Rule 27.26 motion. We affirm.

Defendant entered pleas of guilty to first-degree robbery and attempted rape and the trial court set punishment at eight years’ imprisonment. Thereafter, defendant filed his Rule 27.26 motion alleging involuntary pleas of guilty and ineffective assistance of counsel. The trial court held an evidentiary hearing, denied defendant’s motion and found defendant’s plea was voluntarily entered with effective assistance of counsel. Defendant appeals.

First, defendant testified his guilty pleas were…