Case Name: Darell T. RODGERS, Jr., Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent
Court: Missouri Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Missouri
Decision Date: 2012-10-30
Citations: 382 S.W.3d 918
Docket Number: No. WD 74536
Parties: Darell T. RODGERS, Jr., Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent.
Judges: Before Division Three: ALOK AHUJA, Presiding Judge, VICTOR C. HOWARD, Judge and CYNTHIA L. MARTIN, Judge.
Reporter: South Western Reporter Third Series
Volume: 382
Pages: 918–918

Head Matter:
Darell T. RODGERS, Jr., Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent.
No. WD 74536.
Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District.
Oct. 30, 2012.
Frederick Ernst and Ruth B. Sanders, Kansas City, MO, for appellant.
Todd T. Smith, Jefferson City, MO, for respondent.
Before Division Three: ALOK AHUJA, Presiding Judge, VICTOR C. HOWARD, Judge and CYNTHIA L. MARTIN, Judge.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM:
Darell Rodgers appeals from the motion court's denial of his Rule 24.035 motion after an evidentiary hearing. Rodgers claims that the motion court clearly erred in denying his Rule 24.035 motion because he established that his guilty plea was not knowing and voluntary in that his plea counsel coerced him into pleading guilty by failing to investigate and prepare a defense. Rodgers claims that had he not been coerced by plea counsel, he would not have pled guilty but would have proceeded to trial. We affirm. Rule 84.16(b).