DORSEY v. STATE

No. WD 63217.

156 S.W.3d 825 (2005)

John DORSEY, Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District.

March 8, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elizabeth Unger Carlyle, Lee's Summit, MO, for appellant.

Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon, Atty. Gen., Deborah Daniels, Asst. Attorney General, Jefferson City, for respondent.

Before JAMES M. SMART, JR., P.J., JOSEPH M. ELLIS, and LISA WHITE HARDWICK, JJ.


JAMES M. SMART, JR., Judge.

John Dorsey appeals the motion court's denial of his Rule 29.15 motion for post-conviction relief following an evidentiary hearing. Because we find that Dorsey's retained trial counsel rendered constitutionally ineffective assistance, the judgment is reversed.

Factual and Procedural Background

Appellant John Dorsey was originally charged with ten crimes: kidnapping, sexual abuse, attempted forcible rape, forcible sodomy...

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