Isom v. State

FLANIGAN, Presiding Judge.

Movant Edward Isom appeals from an order denying, after an evidentiary hearing, his Rule 27.261 motion to set aside a judgment and 30-year sentence for second degree murder. The conviction was entered on November 7, 1986, in the Circuit Court of Pemiscot County pursuant to a plea of guilty.

Movant’s sole point is that his guilty plea was entered involuntarily by reason of ineffective assistance of counsel and that the trial court erred in ruling otherwise. At the time of the entry of the plea, attorney Wesley Coleman represented movant. Specifically, movant asserts…