Douglas v. State

CROW, Presiding Judge.

John M. Douglas (“movant”) appeals from an order dismissing, without an evi-dentiary hearing, his motion under Rule 29.15, Missouri Rules of Criminal Procedure (20th ed. 1989), to vacate his conviction of three counts of sodomy, for each of which he was sentenced to 15 years’ imprisonment, the sentences to run consecutively. The conviction, a result of trial by jury, was affirmed on direct appeal. State v. Douglas, 720 S.W.2d 390 (Mo.App.1986).

Thereafter, movant filed a motion under former Rule 27.26,1 Missouri Rules of Criminal Procedure (18th ed. 1987), to vacate the…