Opinion
No. ED 98214.
2012-12-18
Aaron MARQUA, Movant/Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent.
Appeal from the Circuit Court of St. Francois County, Kenneth Pratte, Judge. Timothy Forneris, St. Louis, MO, for Appellant. Mary Highland Moore, Jefferson City, MO, for Respondent.
Appeal from the Circuit Court of St. Francois County, Kenneth Pratte, Judge.
Timothy Forneris, St. Louis, MO, for Appellant. Mary Highland Moore, Jefferson City, MO, for Respondent.
Before KATHIANNE KNAUP CRANE, P.J., MARY K. HOFF, J. and LISA S. VAN AMBURG, J.
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
Aaron Marqua (“Movant”) appeals from the judgment of the motion court denying his Rule 24.035 motion for post-conviction relief without an evidentiary hearing. Movant contends the motion court clearly erred in denying his post-conviction motion without an evidentiary hearing because his counsel was ineffective. Specifically, Movant argues his counsel was ineffective for advising him to plead guilty without investigating and informing him of a lesser-included offense and for failing to investigate and obtain video recordings.
We have reviewed the briefs of the parties and the record on appeal and find the motion court did not clearly err in denying Movant's motion for post-conviction relief without an evidentiary hearing. An opinion reciting the detailed facts and restating principles of law would have no precedential value. The parties have been furnished with a memorandum for their information only, setting forth the reasons for this order.
The judgment is affirmed in accordance with Rule 84.16(b).