State of Missouri v. James J. Hamilton

IN THE MISSOURI COURT OF APPEALS WESTERN DISTRICT STATE OF MISSOURI, ) ) Respondent, ) ) v. ) WD82784 ) JAMES J. HAMILTON, ) Opinion filed: July 7, 2020 ) Appellant. ) APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF CLAY COUNTY, MISSOURI THE HONORABLE SHANE T. ALEXANDER, JUDGE Division Three: Thomas N. Chapman, Presiding Judge, Edward R. Ardini, Jr., Judge and W. Douglas Thomson, Judge James Hamilton1 (“Hamilton”) appeals from the denial of his Rule 29.07(d)2 motion to withdraw his guilty pleas to kidnapping and robbery in the first degree entered in 1996 by the Circuit Court of Clay County. Because…