WARREN SHURTZ v. STATE OF MISSOURI (2011)

ORDER

Warren Shurtz appeals from the denial of his Rule 24.035 motion after an evidentiary 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).

The Honorable Abe Shafer IV, Judge