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Case: WALTER DEAN WARING, Appellant,
vs.
STATE OF MISSOURI, Respondent.
Case Number: SD33507
Court: Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District
Decision Date: 2015-04-07
Outcome: reversed
Practice Area: criminal-law
Canonical URL: https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/walter-dean-waring-appellant-v-state-of-missouri-respondent-d33507
Official Source URL: https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=85257
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## Opinion

WALTER DEAN WARING,       ) 
          ) 
   Appellant,      ) 
          ) 
 vs.         )  No. SD33507 
          ) 
STATE OF MISSOURI,       ) FILED: April 7, 2015 
          ) 
   Respondent.      ) 
 
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF CEDAR COUNTY 
 
Honorable James R. Bickel, Judge 
 
(Before Francis, P.J./C.J., Bates, J., and Scott, J.) 
 
REVERSED AND REMANDED WITH DIRECTIONS
  
PER  CURIAM.  Walter  Waring  timely  filed  an  indigency  affidavit  and  pro  se 
motion for Rule 24.035 relief from his felony  DWI  convictions.  The  motion  court  
summarily denied relief without appointing counsel for Waring, who claims this was 
error. The state agrees, as do we.     
"When an indigent movant files a pro se motion, the court shall cause counsel 
to be appointed for the movant." Rule 24.035(e). Such appointment "is mandatory."  
Ramsey  v.  State,  438  S.W.3d  521,  522  (Mo.App.  2014).  "A  motion  court  that  

 
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dismisses  a  pro  se  Rule  24.035  motion  without  appointing  counsel  commits  clear  
error." Id. See also Wilson v. State, 415 S.W.3d 727, 728 (Mo.App. 2013).   
We  reverse,  remand,  and  direct  the  motion  court  to  appoint  counsel  for  
Waring and proceed further after that appointment.  Id.