Smith v. State

HANNA, Presiding Judge.

Movant, Harry E. Smith, was convicted in a court tried case on two counts of forcible sodomy, one count of second degree assault and one count of felonious restraint. This court affirmed movant’s convictions on direct appeal in a Memorandum Opinion issued August 12, 1986. State v. Smith, 718 S.W.2d 521 (Mo.App.1986). Movant filed a timely pro se Rule 29.15 motion for post-conviction relief on May 10, 1988. The motion court appointed counsel to represent movant on May 17, 1988, and an amended motion was filed on movant’s behalf on October 24, 1988. The motion court held…