Criminal Law : Post-Conviction Relief – Guilty Plea – Factual Basis

Where a defendant argued that his counsel failed to inform him that he was not required to register as a sex offender, which gave him a defense to the crime with which he was charged, and no factual basis existed for the court to accept his guilty plea, the denial of the post-conviction motion is reversed and remanded for an evidentiary hearing.

Judgment is reversed and remanded.

Sanders v. State (MLW No. 70222/Case No. WD79047 – 5 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Gabbert, J.) Appealed from circuit court, Lafayette County, Rolf, J. (Jeannette L. Wolpink, Kansas City, Missouri, for appellant) (Daniel N. McPherson, Jefferson City, for respondent).

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