Hicks v. State

Kevin Hicks (“Hicks”) appeals the denial after an evidentiary hearing of his Rule 29.151 amended motion for post-conviction relief by the Circuit Court of Jackson County. Hicks was convicted after a jury trial of one count of first-degree robbery,2 five counts of forcible sodomy, one count of forcible rape, and one count of attempted forcible rape. In his Rule 29.15 motion, as relevant to this appeal, Hicks claimed his trial counsel was ineffective for inducing him to waive his right to testify at a suppression hearing and by faffing to advise him that his suppression hearing testimony would…