Elam v. State

THOMAS H. NEWTON, Presiding Judge.

Mr. Gerald Elam brings this pro se appeal from a circuit court order denying his Rule 29.07(d) 1 motion to withdraw a guilty plea or vacate sentence. On jurisdictional grounds, we reverse and remand with directions.

In 1996, Mr. Elam entered a guilty plea to two counts of unlawful use of a weapon; 2 the circuit court suspended imposition of sentence and placed him on five years’ probation. In 2000, Mr. Elam was convicted by a jury of murdering his grandfather and sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. 3 Thereafter, in February 2001,…