Williams v. State
Williams v. State
Opinion of the Court
Movant filed a motion under Rule 27.26, seeking to vacate convictions of first degree robbery and assault. Those convictions were affirmed in State v. Williams, 536 S.W.2d 947 (Mo.App. 1976). Following a hearing, the trial court denied the relief sought. Movant contends that he received ineffective assistance of counsel at his trial because his trial counsel did not move to suppress as evidence certain items seized by law enforcement officers in a search of a
Even though such a motion would appear to be required,
To prevail on a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel, movant must show that the attorney failed to exercise the customary skill and diligence that a reasonably prudent attorney would use under similar circumstances and that prejudice to him occurred. Evans v. State, 639 S.W.2d 648, 649 (Mo.App. 1982); Fields v. State, 596 S.W.2d 776, 777 (Mo.App. 1980). See also Seales v. State, 580 S.W.2d 733, 736 (Mo. banc 1979). As it appears the evidence would have been admissible even had a motion to suppress been filed, the failure to file such a motion has not been shown to have caused prejudice to movant.
The judgment is affirmed.
See Rule 24.05; State v. Jackson, 477 S.W.2d 47, 50-51 (Mo. 1972); State v. Caffey, 457 S.W.2d 657, 659 (Mo. 1970); State v. Fields, 442 S.W.2d 30, 33 (Mo. 1969); State v. Harrington, 435 S.W.2d 318, 320 (Mo. 1968).
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