Beal v. State

NANCY STEFFEN RAHMEYER, Presiding Judge.

Robert Beal (“Movant”) was convicted of second-degree murder and armed criminal action for the death of Zandon Maddix (“Victim”). The conviction was affirmed by this Court in a memorandum opinion. On appeal, Movant claimed trial court error in the refusal of a self-defense instruction. In this Rule 29.15 motion, 1 Movant now claims trial counsel was ineffective for failing to ask that the evidence be reopened after the trial court refused his self-defense instruction and for failing to adequately advise him that his testimony was needed to obtain a…