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Staff Report//April 1, 2026//
Defendant appealed the denial of his motion for post-conviction relief, filed after he pled guilty to robbery, armed criminal action and resisting arrest. Defendant argued that his plea counsel was ineffective.
Where defendant failed to prove that he would not have pled guilty but for plea counsel’s alleged ineffectiveness as he acknowledged that the state alone would decide his sentence and confirmed his satisfaction with plea counsel’s performance after sentencing, the trial court correctly denied his motion for post-conviction relief.
Judgment is affirmed.
Thornton v. State (MLW No. 84549/Case No. ED113502 – 9 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Page, J.) Appealed from circuit court, St. Charles County, McDonough, J. (Cecilia D. Appleberry for appellant) (Izaac A. Herebia for respondent)
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