State v. Deprow

PREWITT, Judge.

Following jury trial, Appellant was convicted of assault in the first degree and sentenced to twelve years in prison. He appeals from that conviction. Thereafter, Appellant filed a motion for postconviction relief, pursuant to former Rule 29.15. Following an evi-dentiary hearing, the motion was denied. Appellant appealed from the denial of his motion, and the appeals were consolidated. Rule 29.15a). 1

The charge resulted from an incident occurring on June 19,1994. On that afternoon, Cletus Counts, Jr. was helping Ami Hooper, the victim, move her belongings into a trailer.…