Missouri Court of Appeals, 2011

Leonard v. State

Leonard v. State
Missouri Court of Appeals · Decided November 22, 2011 · Cohen, Hoff
353 S.W.3d 682; 2011 Mo. App. LEXIS 1562; 2011 WL 5864422 (South Western Reporter, Third Series)

Leonard v. State

Opinion

ORDER

PER CURIAM.

Anthony Leonard (Movant) appeals from the judgment of the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis denying his Rule 29.15 motion for post-conviction relief. Movant alleges that the motion court clearly erred in denying his motion without an evidentiary hearing because he stated a claim not refuted by the record that trial counsel was ineffective in failing to voir dire members of the jury panel about whether they would exercise their own independent judgment if they were the “lone holdout” in the jury room.

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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