Shannon v. State

CLEMENS, Senior Judge.

Movant Mary E. Shannon (hereafter “defendant”) appeals the denial of her Rule 27.26 motion to set aside a twelve-year prison sentence. The trial court had imposed that sentence when defendant pled guilty to a felonious gunshot assault upon her pregnant daughter.

Defendant now contends her trial counsel had fraudulently advised her that by pleading guilty she would be paroled. The state contends the record does not so show by a preponderance of the evidence.

We recite in order the movant’s and the state’s evidence, and then the motion court’s memorandum in denying relief.

Def…