Opinion
No. ED 107736
04-28-2020
Thomas Lewis OATES, III, Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent.
For Appellant: Maleaner R. Harvey, 1010 Market St., Ste. 1100, St. Louis, MO 63101. For Respondent: Gregory L. Barnes, P.O. Box 899, Jefferson City, MO 65102.
For Appellant: Maleaner R. Harvey, 1010 Market St., Ste. 1100, St. Louis, MO 63101.
For Respondent: Gregory L. Barnes, P.O. Box 899, Jefferson City, MO 65102.
Before Philip M. Hess, P.J., Kurt S. Odenwald, J., and Lisa P. Page, J.
ORDER
PER CURIAM
Thomas Lewis Oates, III ("Oates") appeals from the motion court’s judgment denying his Rule 29.15 motion for post-conviction relief. Oates raises two points on appeal. In Point One, which the motion court denied following an evidentiary hearing, Oates argues that trial counsel was ineffective in failing to move to strike a juror who was an attorney with a background in criminal law. In Point Two, which the motion court denied without an evidentiary hearing, Oates contends that appellate counsel was ineffective in failing to appeal the trial court’s denial of Oates’s motion to suppress statements elicited in violation of his rights under Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436, 86 S.Ct. 1602, 16 L.Ed.2d 694 (1966).
We have reviewed the briefs of the parties and the record on appeal and find no error of law. No jurisprudential purpose would be served by a written opinion. However, the parties have been furnished with a memorandum opinion for their information only, setting forth the facts and reasons for this order.
The judgment of the trial court is affirmed in accordance with Rule 84.16(b).