Opinion
Nos. ED 68363, ED 73518.
OPINION FILED: December 15, 1998.
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF CITY OF ST. LOUIS, HONORABLE MICHAEL P. DAVID, JUDGE.
Raymond J. Capelovitch, 1221 Locust Street, Suite 350, St. Louis, MO 63103, for appellant.
John Munson Morris, III, Meghan J. Stephens, P.O. Box 899, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0899, for respondent.
Before: Mary K. Hoff, P.J., Gary M. Gaertner, J., and Mary Rhodes Russell, J.
ORDER
Defendant appeals from the judgment entered on a jury verdict finding him guilty of rape, in violation of section 566.030 RSMo 1994; of two counts of sodomy, in violation of section 566.060 RSMo 1994; of kidnapping, in violation of section 565.110 RSMo 1994; and of armed criminal action, in violation of section 571.015 RSMo 1994. Defendant was sentenced as a persistent and prior offender to a total of five hundred years' imprisonment. Defendant also appeals from a judgment denying, after an evidentiary hearing, his Rule 29.15 motion for post-conviction relief.
As to the direct appeal, no jurisprudential purpose would be served by a written opinion reciting the detailed facts and restating the principles of law. We affirm the judgment pursuant to Rule 30.25(b).
As to the post-conviction appeal, the judgment of the motion court is based on findings of fact and conclusions of law that are not clearly erroneous. A written opinion would have no precedential value. We affirm the judgment pursuant to Rule 84.16(b).
However, the parties have been furnished with a memorandum opinion for their information only, setting forth the facts and reasons for this order.