Johnson v. State

KENNETH W. SHRUM, Judge.

In this post-conviction case, Daniel Glenn Johnson (“Movant”) filed his pro se Rule 24.035 motion after pleading guilty to felony possession of methamphetamine (§ 195.202) and being incarcerated in Missouri’s Department of Corrections.1 Mov-ant alleged, inter alia, that his “guilty plea was made involuntarily, unknowing, and unintelligent based on Plea Counsel’s erroneous misleading advise [sic], and assistance of counsel.”

Although Movant’s appointed counsel never amended the pro se motion, he had the motion court take judicial notice of the criminal file in the…