Missouri Court of Appeals, 2012

Cross v. State

Cross v. State
Missouri Court of Appeals · Decided October 23, 2012 · Cohen, Mooney, Odenwald
383 S.W.3d 64; 2012 Mo. App. LEXIS 1338; 2012 WL 5207598 (South Western Reporter, Third Series)

Cross v. State

Opinion of the Court

ORDER

PER CURIAM.

Eddie Cross (Movant) appeals the judgment of the Circuit Court of St. Louis County denying his Rule 24.035 motion for post-conviction relief. Movant claims the motion court clearly erred in denying his claim that plea counsel provided ineffective assistance by allowing Movant to enter a blind plea of guilty under the reasonable misunderstanding that the State was recommending a sentence of fifteen years’ imprisonment and the plea court would not exceed the State’s recommended sentence.

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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