Driskill v. State

CROW, Presiding Judge.

On March 25, 1996, Appellant pled guilty to murder in the second degree. § 565.021, RSMo 1994. The plea court sentenced Appellant to twenty years’ imprisonment. Appellant was delivered to the Department of Corrections on April 2,1996.

On August 12, 1996, Appellant commenced the instant proceeding by filing a motion to vacate the judgment and sentence per Rule 24.035.1 The motion court appointed counsel for Appellant; counsel thereafter filed an amended motion on Appellant’s behalf.

On December 2, 1996, the motion court entered an order wherein the motion court found…