Risalvato v. State

BERREY, Presiding Judge.

Appellant appeals the denial of his Rule 24.035 motion for post-conviction relief following an evidentiary hearing. In the underlying action, appellant pleaded guilty to burglary in the second degree and stealing. He was apprehended at the scene of the burglary. The court sentenced him as a prior, persistent and class X offender to concurrent terms of 10 years imprisonment.

Appellant filed a pro se motion for post-conviction relief alleging that he was denied his right to effective assistance of counsel because his trial counsel failed to request an independent medical…