Saffold v. State

SMART, Judge.

Sylvester Saffold was indicted by the grand jury on charges of rape and sodomy. The victim was his girlfriend’s daughter, who was under fourteen years old at the time. Saffold pleaded guilty to the charge of sodomy, § 566.060.2, RSMo 1986, and was sentenced to a term of five years imprisonment with execution of sentence suspended, and with three years of supervised probation. Saffold’s probation was revoked after a hearing on October 3, 1996. He appeals the denial of his motion to vacate sentence and judgment under Rule 24.035. Saffold claims that his decision to enter a plea of…