Missouri Court of Appeals, 2011

SHURTZ v. State

SHURTZ v. State
Missouri Court of Appeals · Decided October 25, 2011 · Pfeiffer, Howard, Martin
359 S.W.3d 96; 2011 Mo. App. LEXIS 1398; 2011 WL 5041307 (South Western Reporter, Third Series)

SHURTZ v. State

Opinion

ORDER

PER CURIAM:

Warren Shurtz appeals from the denial of his Rule 24.035 motion after an eviden-tiary hearing. Shurtz contends that the motion court erred because his guilty plea was rendered unknowing and involuntary by the ineffectiveness of his plea counsel in that a reasonably competent attorney would have moved for a change of venue in light of pre-trial publicity about Shurtz’s charged crime, and had counsel done so, Shurtz would not have plead guilty but would have insisted on a jury trial. We affirm. Rule 84.16(b).

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