Opinion
No. ED78173
Opinion Filed: March 20, 2001
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF FRANKLIN COUNTY, HONORABLE THOMAS BROWN III
Stephen J. Harris, 3402 Buttonwood, Mark A. Grothoff, St Louis, MO 65201, for appellant.
Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon, Atty.Gen., Box 899, John M. Morris, II, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, MO 65102, Lisa Sutherland, Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondent.
Before Robert G. Dowd, Jr., P.J., and Mary Rhodes Russell and Richard B. Teitelman, JJ.
ORDER
Michael W. Duke (Movant) appeals the denial of his Rule 29.15 motion for postconviction relief. Movant contends the motion court erred (1) in denying his postconviction motion because Movant's trial counsel was ineffective in his failure to call Movant's mother and Barbara Yarbough whose testimony would have established justification for Movant's actions, and (2) in failing to make specific findings of fact and conclusions of law as to each claim, thereby depriving Movant of the opportunity for meaningful appellate review. We affirm.
We have reviewed the briefs of the parties and the record on appeal and find the claims of error to be without merit. An opinion would have no precedential value nor serve any jurisprudential purpose. The parties have been furnished with a memorandum for their information only, setting forth the reasons for this order pursuant to Rule 84.16(b).