Shumate v. State

VICTOR C. HOWARD, JUDGE

Kenneth Shumate appeals the judgment of the motion court denying his Rule 29.15 motion for postconviction relief without an evidentiary hearing. Shumate sought to vacate his convictions following a bench trial of three counts of first-degree statutory sodomy, six counts of second-degree statutory sodomy, two counts of second-degree statutory rape, and one count of sexual exploitation of a minor and consecutive sentences of three terms of life imprisonment plus fifty-five years. He claims that he received ineffective assistance of counsel when counsel failed to move to…