Case Name: Randy RALSTIN, Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent
Court: Missouri Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Missouri
Decision Date: 2003-05-06
Citations: 103 S.W.3d 914
Docket Number: No. WD 61472
Parties: Randy RALSTIN, Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent.
Judges: Before ROBERT G. ULRICH, P.J., VICTOR C. HOWARD and THOMAS H. NEWTON, JJ.
Reporter: South Western Reporter Third Series
Volume: 103
Pages: 914–915

Head Matter:
Randy RALSTIN, Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent.
No. WD 61472.
Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District.
May 6, 2003.
Andrew A. Schroeder, Kansas City, MO, for Appellant.
Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon, Atty. Gen., John M. Morris, III, and Shaun J. Mackel-prang, Jefferson City, MO, for Respondent.
Before ROBERT G. ULRICH, P.J., VICTOR C. HOWARD and THOMAS H. NEWTON, JJ.

Opinion:
Randy Ralstin appeals the judgment of the motion court denying his Rule 24.035 motion for postconviction relief following an evidentiary hearing. Mr. Ralstin sought to vacate his convictions for the Class C felony of involuntary manslaughter and Class C felony of assault in the second degree and concurrent sentences of fifteen years imprisonment for each conviction. He claims that he received ineffective assistance of counsel because his plea counsel coerced him into pleading guilty by promising him that he would receive a five-to-seven year sentence, thereby rending his guilty plea involuntary and unknowing. For reasons stated in the Memorandum provided to the parties, the judgment is affirmed. Rule 84.16(b).