Hicks v. State

BILLINGS, Chief Judge.

Appellant Terry Joe Hicks, serving a 15-year prison sentence for armed robbery, has appealed from the order of the Circuit Court of Butler County denying his Rule 27.26, V.A.M.R., motion to vacate the sentence. As grounds for his motion the appellant charged that his attorney failed to investigate the case and made him false promises; that his plea of guilty was induced by threats from law enforcement officers; and that he was under the influence of drugs when he entered his plea of guilty to the charged crime. We affirm.

The special judge designated to rule appellant’s…