Opinion
No. ED76299
Date: August 22, 2000 Motion for Rehearing and/or Transfer to Supreme Court Denied October 4, 2000 Application for Transfer Denied December 5, 2000
Appeal from the Circuit Court of St. Louis County, Honorable Mark D. Seigel.
Elizabeth Haines, for appellant.
Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon, Attorney General, Andrea L. Mazza Assistant Attorney General, for respondent.
Before: Robert G. Dowd, P.J., Mary Rhodes Russell, J., and Richard B. Teitelman, J.
ORDER
Kevin Winston (Movant) appeals from the denial of his Rule 29.15 motion for post-conviction relief. The convictions sought to be vacated were for three counts of burglary in the second degree and three counts of stealing over $150, for which Movant was sentenced to six concurrent terms of fifteen years' imprisonment. Movant contends the motion court erred in denying his claim that his trial counsel was ineffective for failing to strike for cause four allegedly unqualified venirepersons. We have reviewed the briefs of the parties and record on appeal. The motion court's ruling was based on findings and conclusions that are not clearly erroneous. Rule 29.15(k). An extended opinion would have no precedential value. We have, however, provided the parties with a memorandum for their use only explaining the reasons for this decision. The judgment is affirmed pursuant to Rule 84.16(b).
This Court has previously affirmed the underlying judgment and sentence in the direct appeal of Movant's criminal case. See State v. Winston, 959 S.W.2d 874 (Mo.App.E.D. 1998).