Missouri Court of Appeals, 2009

Starks v. State

Starks v. State
Missouri Court of Appeals · Decided April 21, 2009 · Richter, Mooney
280 S.W.3d 796; 2009 Mo. App. LEXIS 520; 2009 WL 1058148 (South Western Reporter, Third Series)

Starks v. State

Opinion

*797 ORDER

PER CURIAM.

Bruce Starks (hereinafter, “Movant”) pleaded guilty to first-degree murder, Section 565.020 RSMo (2000), and armed criminal action, Section 571.015 RSMo (2000). Movant now appeals from the judgment denying his Rule 24.035 motion for post-conviction relief without an evi-dentiary hearing. Movant alleges the motion court erred in denying his post-conviction motion because his plea counsel was too ill to be effective, failed to investigate eleven witnesses, made affirmative misrepresentations regarding his sentence, and claimed he could appeal directly from his plea.

We have reviewed the briefs of the parties and the record on appeal. We find no error of law. No jurisprudential purpose would be served by a written opinion. However, the parties have been furnished with a memorandum opinion for their information only, setting forth the facts and reasons for this order.

The judgment of the trial court is affirmed. Rule 84.16(b).

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