W.F.W. v. State

JOHN C. HOLSTEIN, Special Judge.

Movant W.F.W. was convicted on two counts for having raped his twelve-year old daughter. § 566.030.3, RSMo Supp.1984. He was sentenced, as a persistent offender, to two thirty-year sentences to run concurrently. § 558.016.6(2), RSMo Supp.1984. The conviction was affirmed on appeal. State v. W.F.W., 721 S.W.2d 145 (Mo.App.1986).

On February 4, 1988, movant filed a pro se motion for post-conviction relief under Rule 29.15.1 After counsel was appointed, an amended motion was filed. Twenty-one grounds for relief were scattered through ten numbered paragraphs. Two of…