Brooks v. State

Ronnie G. Brooks appeals from the order of the circuit court denying his Rule 29.15 1 motion for postconviction relief, without an evidentiary hearing, seeking to vacate his conviction for second degree robbery. The appellant was convicted as a persistent offender, pursuant to § 558.016, 2 in the Circuit Court of Clay County after a jury trial, of one count of robbery in the second degree, § 569.030, for which he was sentenced to thirty years in the Missouri Department of Corrections.

In his sole point on appeal, the appellant claims that the motion court erred in denying his Rule 29.15…