Legal Opinion
Bott v. State
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided November 17, 2011No. SD 30864PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAM W. FRANCIS, JR., Presiding Judge.
Elliott J. Bott (“Bott”) appeals the motion court’s denial of his Rule 24.035 1 motion for post-conviction relief after an evi-dentiary hearing. We affirm the judgment of the motion court.
Fact and Procedural Background 2
On September 11, 1997, Bott was charged by Information with one count of the class C felony of arson in the second degree in violation of section 569.050, RSMo 1994. 3 A guilty plea hearing was held on December 4, 1997, at which Bott, pursuant to a plea agreement, entered an Alford 4 plea of guilty to the crime charged. The plea court…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- North Carolina v. AlfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- State v. NunleySupreme Court of Missouri · 1996
- Hurst v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 2010
- Moore v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 2006
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3Cited by5 opinions
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- White v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 2012
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- Trams v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 2018