Hopkins v. State

Stewart Hopkins (hereinafter, “Mov-ant”) appeals from a judgment overruling his Rule 29.15 motion for post-conviction relief without an evidentiary hearing.1 As in State v. Creighton, No. SC95527, 520 S.W.3d 416, 2017 WL 1496952 (Mo. banc April 25, 2017), the threshold issue is whether the motion court appointed counsel and triggered the Rule 29.15(g) time-lines for filing an amended motion by notifying the public defender that Movant filed a pro se motion. Consistent with Creighton, this Court holds the notification was not an appointment. Movant’s amended motion was timely because it was…