Kurtis D. Newlon Missouri Cases

Kurtis Newlon appealed the denial of his Rule 24.035 motion for post-conviction relief, arguing his guilty pleas were involuntary due to ineffective assistance of counsel. Newlon claimed his counsel misrepresented that he would receive a maximum of fifteen years, not the sixty years he ultimately faced. The motion court denied his claim without an evidentiary hearing, finding the record refuted his allegations. The appellate court affirmed, concluding that the plea court's colloquy clearly informed Newlon of the potential sentences, rendering his claims of ineffective assistance of counsel directly refuted by the record.