Opinion
No. WD 61923
September 23, 2003
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Jackson County, Missouri, The Honorable Peggy Stevens McGraw, Judge.
Andrew A. Schroeder and Ruth B. Sanders, Appellate Defenders, Kansas City, MO, for Appellant.
Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon, Attorney General, Charnette D. Douglass, Assistant Attorney General, Jefferson City, MO, for Respondent.
Before: Breckenridge, P.J., and Smith and Howard, JJ.
Order
Willie Rimpson appeals from the judgment denying his Rule 29.15 motion for post-conviction relief after an evidentiary hearing. In his motion he alleged, among other things, that his trial counsel was ineffective for failing to call two witnesses to testify at his second trial, at which a jury found him guilty of second degree murder and armed criminal action. The motion court found that counsel's decision not to call the witnesses was a matter of reasonable trial strategy and denied Rimpson's motion.
Affirmed. Rule 84.16(b).