Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District / Date unavailable
Edward C. Koenig, Appellant, v. State of Missouri, Respondent.
Edward C. Koenig appealed the denial of his Rule 24.035 motion for postconviction relief, claiming his plea counsel was ineffective for guaranteeing long-term substance abuse treatment, which allegedly induced his guilty plea. The appellate court affirmed the denial, deferring to the motion court's credibility findings. The court found that plea counsel denied making such guarantees and Koenig's testimony at the plea hearing contradicted his later claims, indicating his guilty plea was voluntary, knowing, and intelligent.