Clay v. State

SOMERVILLE, Judge.

Ronnell Clay, following a preliminary hearing, was charged by an information in the Circuit Court of Jackson County, Missouri, with robbery in the first degree to which he pleaded not guilty. Plea bargaining subsequently ensued, initiated by Clay’s employed counsel, with Clay’s full knowledge and approval, with the end result that the charge of robbery in the first degree was reduced by the state to “stealing from the person”. Clay entered a plea of guilty to the reduced charge and, following a pre-sentence investigation, judgment and sentence were entered and pronounced and…