Ballard v. State

SOMERVILLE, Presiding Judge.

Bonnie Ballard (movant) was charged in the Circuit Court of Buchanan County, Missouri, with the crime of assault with intent to maim with malice aforethought (Section 559.180, RSMo 1969). She entered a plea of guilty thereto and was sentenced to confinement in the Missouri Department of Corrections for a period of thirty-five years. This appeal lies from a judgment and order of the Circuit Court of Buchanan County, Missouri, denying movant’s amended Rule 27.26 motion to vacate her sentence following an evidentiary hearing.

Thirteen separate contentions have been…