Missouri Court of Appeals, 2014

Jones v. State

Jones v. State
Missouri Court of Appeals · Decided June 17, 2014 · Hoff, Odenwald, Quigless
436 S.W.3d 244; 2014 WL 2740283; 2014 Mo. App. LEXIS 670 (South Western Reporter, Third Series)

Jones v. State

Opinion of the Court

ORDER

PER CURIAM.

Jerome Jones (“Movant”) appeals the judgment of the motion court denying his Rule 29.15motion without an evidentiary hearing. In his two points on appeal, Movant argues the motion court clearly erred in denying his claims without an evidentiary hearing as: (1) his trial counsel was ineffective for failing to challenge the State’s race-neutral explanations for its peremptory strikes of three African American venire members; and (2) his appellate counsel was ineffective for failing to assert on appeal that the trial court erred in overruling his motion to suppress his statements to the police.

*245We find the motion court’s findings of fact and conclusions of law are not clearly erroneous and affirm. 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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