Floyd v. State

ROBERT S. BARNEY, Chief Judge.

Richard Dean Floyd (Movant) appeals from a judgment of the Circuit Court of Greene County denying, without an evi-dentiary hearing, his amended Rule 29.15 motion to vacate, set aside or correct a prior judgment and sentence for first degree murder, § 565.020.1 RSMo 1994.1 In his criminal trial, Movant received a life sentence without the possibility of parole for the strangulation death of his wife. See State v. Floyd, 18 S.W.3d 126 (Mo.App.2000).

Movant’s sole point on appeal asseverates that the trial court erred in dismissing his motion without an evidentiary…