AVILLA v. STATE

No. 12299.

624 S.W.2d 189 (1981)

Charles Anthony AVILLA, Movant-Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Division Three.

Motion for Rehearing or Transfer Denied October 19, 1981.

Application to Transfer Denied December 14, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. DeReign, DeReign & DeReign, Caruthersville, for movant-appellant.

John D. Ashcroft, Atty. Gen., Theodore A. Bruce, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for respondent.


BILLINGS, Presiding Judge.

Charles Anthony Avilla, serving a 20-year sentence for first degree assault, filed a postconviction motion under Rule 27.26, V.A.M.R., contending his attorney was ineffective in connection with his 1979 guilty plea and his plea was involuntary. An evidentiary hearing was held and movant denied relief. This appeal followed. We affirm.

The experienced trial judge that presided at the evidentiary hearing incorporated his findings of...

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