Finley v. State

JAMES EDWARD WELSH, Judge.

Mark R. Finley appeals from the circuit court’s judgment denying his Rule 24.035 postconviction relief motion without an evi-dentiary hearing. 1 Finley asserts that the circuit court erred in accepting his guilty plea to the charges of attempted forcible rape, armed criminal action, and burglary in the first degree because no factual bases existed for the plea. We disagree and affirm the circuit court’s judgment.

In overruling Finley’s challenges to the sufficiency of the factual bases on the three charges, the circuit court found that Finley’s testimony at the plea…