Opinion
No. ED 82311
October 28, 2003
Appeal from the Circuit Court of St. Francois County, Honorable Kenneth Pratte.
Stacey F. Sullivan, 1221 Locust Street, Suite 350, St. Louis, MO, 63103, for appellant.
John Munson Morris III, Breck K. Burgess, P.O. Box 899, Jefferson City, MO, 65102-0899, for respondent.
Before Gary M. Gaertner, Sr., P.J., Robert G. Dowd, Jr., J., and Mary R. Russell, J.
ORDER
Movant, George M. Kniest, appeals the judgment denying his Rule 24.035 motion for post-conviction relief without an evidentiary hearing. He alleged his plea counsel provided ineffective assistance by waiving a pre-sentence investigation and by failing to present mitigation evidence.
Having reviewed the briefs of the parties and the record on appeal, we conclude the motion court did not clearly err. Rule 24.035(k). An extended opinion would have no precedential value. We have, however, provided the parties a memorandum setting forth the reasons for our decision. We affirm the judgment pursuant to Rule 84.16(b).