Masden v. State

JOSEPH M. ELLIS, Judge.

Appellant Steven R. Masden appeals from the denial of his Rule 29.15 motion for post-conviction relief without an evi-dentiary hearing.

On January 26, 1998, Appellant was convicted by jury of murder in the first degree, § 565.020, and armed criminal action. He was sentenced to life imprisonment without the chance of parole for the murder charge to be served consecutively with a term of life imprisonment for armed criminal action.

The underlying facts of this case were set forth in this Court’s prior opinion affirming the trial court’s judgment on direct appeal:

On May 5,…