Coday v. State

JAMES K. PREWITT, Presiding Judge.

Following jury trial, Frankey Coday (“Movant”) was convicted of murder in the first degree and armed criminal action. He received consecutive sentences of life without the possibility of probation or parole on the murder conviction and three years’ imprisonment for the armed criminal action. This court affirmed those convictions on July 14, 1998, in a per curiam order and unpublished memorandum opinion, filed pursuant to Rule 30.25(b).

Movant filed a pro se Rule 29.15 motion on October 22, 1998, and an amended motion was filed on April 16, 1999. On April…