McDonald v. State

ROBERT G. DOWD, Jr., Special Judge.

Movant, Paul Doice McDonald, appeals from the denial of his Rule 27.261 motion to vacate his conviction for sodomy.

McDonald was charged by information with burglary in the second degree, § 569.-170, assault in the first degree, § 565.050, and sodomy (class A felony), § 566.060.2 On September 19, 1984, McDonald entered a plea of guilty to the assault and sodomy charges and the state dismissed the burglary charge. No formal plea bargain was negotiated, although McDonald’s counsel testified at the 27.26 hearing that there was an understanding that the burglary…