Carmons v. State

PAUL M. SPINDEN, Judge.

Roberta L. Carmons appeals from the circuit court’s judgment denying her Rule 24.035 postconviction relief motion after an evidentiary hearing. She contends that the circuit court erred in accepting her guilty plea to the charge of endangering the welfare of a child in the first degree because no factual basis existed for the plea. We agree and reverse and remand for the circuit court to vacate and set aside Carmons’ guilty plea.

Our review of a circuit court’s ruling on a Rule 24.035 motion is limited to a determination of whether the findings and conclusions of the…