Donny Lee Cox v. State of Missouri

ALOK AHUJA, Judge.

Donny Cox pled guilty to statutory sodomy in the first degree and sexual exploitation of a minor. He filed a pro se motion for post-conviction relief under Supreme Court Rule 24.035 in the Circuit Court of Buchanan County. His appointed counsel later filed an amended motion. The circuit court denied Cox’s amended motion following an evidentiary hearing, and Cox appeals. He argues that his amended post-conviction relief motion was untimely under Rule 24.035(g), and that the circuit court therefore erred in addressing the merits of his claims. Because Cox has failed to…