Opinion
No. ED77561
FILED: October 24, 2000
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS, HONORABLE JOAN M. BURGER.
S. Paige Canfield, 1221 Locust, Suite 350, St. Louis, Missouri 63103, for appellant.
Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon, Attorney General, John M. Morris, Assistant Attorney General, P.O. Box 899, Jefferson City, MO 65102, for respondent.
Before Robert G. Dowd, Jr., P.J., Mary Rhodes Russell, J., and Richard B. Teitelman, J.
Keith Bain (Movant) appeals the judgment in his 29.15 motion denying his claim of ineffective assistance of trial counsel for failing to allow him to testify. We have reviewed the briefs of the parties and the record on appeal and conclude the trial court's determination is not clearly erroneous. Rule 29.15(k). An extended opinion would have no precedential value. We have, however, provided a memorandum for the exclusive use of the parties setting forth the reasons for our decision. We affirm the judgment pursuant to Rule 84.16(b).