Opinion
WD 84627
09-27-2022
Joshua SIMS, Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent.
John Gregory Mermelstein, Columbia, MO, for appellant. Dora Fichter, Jefferson City, MO, for respondent.
John Gregory Mermelstein, Columbia, MO, for appellant.
Dora Fichter, Jefferson City, MO, for respondent.
Before Division Three: Cynthia L. Martin, Presiding Judge, Lisa White Hardwick, Judge, W. Douglas Thomson, Judge
ORDER
Per curiam:
Joshua A. Sims appeals from the denial of his Rule 24.035 motion for post-conviction relief after an evidentiary hearing. Sims argues that the motion court committed clear error in denying his motion because his counsel was ineffective when he called a witness to testify at Sims's sentencing hearing whose testimony on cross-examination ultimately aided the State's argument in sentencing. Finding no error, we affirm. Rule 84.16(b).
All references to Rules are to Missouri Court Rules, Volume I -- State, 2019 as applicable at the time Sims filed his Rule 24.035 motion, unless otherwise indicated.