Case Name: Douglas R. HICKS, Movant-Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent
Court: Missouri Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Missouri
Decision Date: 1996-05-07
Citations: 921 S.W.2d 157
Docket Number: No. 68652
Parties: Douglas R. HICKS, Movant-Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent.
Judges: Before REINHARD, P.J., and KAROHL and GRIMM, JJ.
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 921
Pages: 157–158

Head Matter:
Douglas R. HICKS, Movant-Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent.
No. 68652.
Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Division One.
May 7, 1996.
Dave Hemingway, Asst. Public Defender, St. Louis, for Appellant.
Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon, Attorney General, Becky Owenson Kilpatrick, Assistant Attorney General, Jefferson City, for Respondent.
Before REINHARD, P.J., and KAROHL and GRIMM, JJ.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
Douglas R. Hicks appeals dismissal of his Rule 24.035 motion. On November 23, 1993, movant was delivered to the Missouri Department of Corrections to serve a seven year sentence for delivery of a controlled substance, § 195.211 RSMo Cum.Supp.1989. On February 27, 1995, movant filed a pro se Rule 24.035 motion.
The motion court dismissed the motion as untimely under Rule 24.035(b). The rule allows ninety days after delivery to the custody of the Department of Corrections to file a motion for post conviction relief. Dismissal of the late filed motion was mandatory. "The time limitations contained in Rules 21.035 and 29.15 are valid and mandatory." Day v. State, 770 S.W.2d 692, 695 (Mo. banc 1989). The dismissal is affirmed.