{"disclaimer":"This is a summary of public court records and is not legal advice. Missouri slip opinions may be modified or withdrawn; consult the official source.","party":{"slug":"harry-l-brooke-movant","displayName":"HARRY L. BROOKE, Movant-","totalCases":1},"cases":[{"caseId":"moappsd:sd35719:2019-09-03","opinionId":"45cb4eb7-40a7-5340-ae5f-2aedcace98ad","slug":"harry-l-brooke-movant-appellant-v-state-of-missouri-respondent-respondent-d35719","caseName":"HARRY L. BROOKE, Movant-Appellant\nvs.\nSTATE OF MISSOURI, Respondent-Respondent","caseNumber":"SD35719","court":"moappsd","courtLabel":"Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District","decisionDate":"2019-09-03","year":2019,"display_summary":"Harry L. Brooke was charged with unlawful use of a weapon, a Class B felony carrying a mandatory fifteen-year sentence. He rejected a plea offer for a lesser charge and four years' imprisonment, instead entering an open guilty plea to the original charge, hoping for probation. The trial court sentenced him to fifteen years and denied probation. Brooke sought post-conviction relief, alleging ineffective assistance of counsel for misadvising him about the mandatory sentence. The motion court denied relief, finding Brooke's testimony not credible and that he was not prejudiced, as he rejected the plea offer to pursue probation, not a lower sentence. The appellate court affirmed the motion court's judgment.","primaryTopic":"criminal-procedure","topicSlugs":["criminal-procedure","appellate-procedure","standard-of-review"],"outcomeNorm":"affirmed","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=143995","detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/harry-l-brooke-movant-appellant-v-state-of-missouri-respondent-respondent-d35719","relatedPracticeAreas":[{"slug":"criminal-law","label":"Criminal Law","href":"/practice-areas/criminal-law","score":40,"source":"tag","evidence":["tag: criminal-law","topic: criminal-procedure","text: state of missouri","text: felony","text: sentence"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/criminal-law"},{"slug":"litigation","label":"Civil Litigation","href":"/practice-areas/litigation","score":12,"source":"topic","evidence":["topic: appellate-procedure"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/litigation"}],"role":"appellant"}]}