Opinion
ED 108296
01-19-2021
David Anthony COSTA, Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent.
Susan A. DeGeorge, 1010 Market Street, Suite 1100, St. Louis, MO 63101, for appellant. Evan J. Buchheim, Assistant Attorney General, P.O. Box 899, Jefferson City, MO 65102, for respondent.
Susan A. DeGeorge, 1010 Market Street, Suite 1100, St. Louis, MO 63101, for appellant.
Evan J. Buchheim, Assistant Attorney General, P.O. Box 899, Jefferson City, MO 65102, for respondent.
Before Robin Ransom, P.J., Sherri B. Sullivan, J., and Lisa P. Page, J.
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
David Costa (Movant) appeals from the trial court's denial, following an evidentiary hearing, of his Rule 24.035 motion for post-conviction relief. Movant entered an Alford plea of guilty to felony driving while intoxicated and was sentenced to three years in prison.
An Alford plea allows a defendant to plead guilty to the charged crime and accept criminal penalty even if he is unwilling or unable to admit he committed the acts constituting the crime. North Carolina v. Alford , 400 U.S. 25, 37, 91 S.Ct. 160, 27 L.Ed.2d 162 (1970).
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We have reviewed the briefs of the parties and the record on appeal and find no error of law. No jurisprudential purpose would be served by a written opinion. However, the parties have been furnished with a memorandum for their information only, setting forth the facts and reasons for this order. The judgment is affirmed pursuant to Rule 84.16(b).