Evans v. State

EDWIN H. SMITH, Judge.

Robert Evans appeals from the circuit court’s order overruling, after an eviden-tiary hearing, his Rule 29.15 1 motion for post-conviction relief. The appellant was convicted, after a jury trial, in the Circuit Court of Platte County of one count of first degree robbery, § 569.020, 2 for which he was sentenced as a prior and persistent offender, § 558.016, to life imprisonment in the Missouri Department of Corrections.

In his sole point on appeal, the appellant claims that the motion court erred in denying his Rule 29.15 motion because he received ineffective assistance…