Missouri Court of Appeals, 2009

Griffin v. State

Griffin v. State
Missouri Court of Appeals · Decided October 20, 2009 · Sullivan, Dowd, Cohen
295 S.W.3d 234; 2009 Mo. App. LEXIS 1461; 2009 WL 3364382 (South Western Reporter, Third Series)

Griffin v. State

Opinion

ORDER

PER CURIAM.

Jason Griffin (Movant) appeals from the judgment of the Circuit Court of St. Louis County denying his Rule 24.035 motion for post-conviction relief without an evidentia-ry hearing. Movant asserts that the motion court clearly erred in denying his claim that he received ineffective assistance of counsel because trial counsel pressured Movant on the day of trial to plead guilty by (1) telling Movant that he would be found guilty at trial and (2) leading Movant to believe that counsel was unprepared and unwilling to try his case. We affirm.

We have reviewed the briefs of the parties and the record on appeal and find the motion court’s decision was not clearly erroneous. An extended opinion would have no precedential value. We have, however, provided a memorandum opinion only for the use of the parties setting forth the reasons for our decision.

We affirm the judgment pursuant to Rule 84.16(b).

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