Schafer v. State

JOSEPH P. DANDURAND, Judge.

Phillip Schafer appeals the denial without evidentiary hearing of his Rule 24.035 motion for post-conviction relief. Mr. Schafer’s motion challenged his guilty plea to two counts of forgery. On appeal, Mr. Schafer claims it was error to deny his post-conviction motion without an eviden-tiary hearing and claims his plea counsel rendered ineffective assistance of counsel in failing to compare handwriting samples. The point is granted, and the judgment is reversed and remanded for further proceedings.

Facts

On May 26, 2005, Phillip Schafer was charged with two counts of…