COATES v. STATE

No. 78924.

939 S.W.2d 912 (1997)

Reginald COATES, Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied March 25, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dave Hemingway, Asst. Public Defender, St. Louis, for appellant.

Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon, Attorney General, Elizabeth L. Ziegler, Spec. Asst. Atty. General, Jefferson City, for respondent.


HOLSTEIN, Justice.

Reginald Coates appeals the denial, without an evidentiary hearing, of his Rule 24.035 motion for post-conviction relief. Coates's primary claim is that his plea of guilty to three felonies was not an informed or voluntary waiver of his rights because his attorney rendered ineffective assistance. Coates alleges that counsel failed to advise him of the possibility of consecutive sentences. This Court transferred the appeal after opinion pursuant...

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