Simons v. State

MAUS, Judge.

Movant entered pleas of guilty on four counts of burglary in the first degree and one count of rape. He was sentenced to four terms of 15 years and one term of 30 years to run concurrently. After an evi-dentiary hearing, his motion under Rule 27.26 attacking those sentences was denied. He presents two points on appeal.

Movant’s first point asserts ineffective assistance of counsel in that counsel failed to contact and explore witnesses and defenses as requested by movant. It is axiomatic that “[a]fter a guilty plea, the incompetence of counsel is material only to the extent that it…