Case Name: James W. WILLEY, Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent
Court: Missouri Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Missouri
Decision Date: 2003-10-28
Citations: 118 S.W.3d 296
Docket Number: No. WD 61647
Parties: James W. WILLEY, Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent.
Judges: Before BRECKENRIDGE, P.J., and EDWIN H. SMITH and HOWARD, JJ.
Reporter: South Western Reporter Third Series
Volume: 118
Pages: 296–297

Head Matter:
James W. WILLEY, Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent.
No. WD 61647.
Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District.
Oct. 28, 2003.
Andrew A. Schroeder, Appellate Defender, Kansas City, MO, for appellant.
Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon, Atty. Gen., Evan J. Buehheim, Assistant Attorney General, Jefferson City, MO, for respondent.
Before BRECKENRIDGE, P.J., and EDWIN H. SMITH and HOWARD, JJ.

Opinion:
Order
PER CURIAM.
James Willey appeals from the circuit court's order denying his Rule 24.035 motion for postconviction relief, after an evi-dentiary hearing. The appellant pled guilty in the Circuit Court of Jackson County, Missouri, before the Honorable C. William Kramer, to five counts of forcible sodomy, § 566.060; one count of attempted forcible rape, § 566.030; one count of child molestation in the first degree, § 566.067; and one count of kidnapping, § 565.110. On the forcible sodomy and attempted forcible rape counts, he was sentenced to six concurrent twenty-five-year terms of imprisonment. On the child molestation count he was sentenced to a seven-year term of imprisonment, to be served concurrently to the forcible sodomy and attempted rape counts. On the kidnapping count, he was sentenced to a term of imprisonment of fifteen years, to be served consecutively to all other counts, for a total of forty years.
In his sole point on appeal, the appellant claims that the motion court clearly erred in denying his Rule 24.035 motion, after an evidentiary hearing, because on the evidence presented at the motion hearing, the court was clearly mistaken in finding and concluding that he was not denied effective assistance of counsel, rendering his guilty plea involuntary, for counsel's misleading him into pleading guilty.
Affirmed. Rule 84.16(b).