Charles v. State
Charles v. State
Opinion of the Court
ORDER
Dontae L. Charles fíled a Rule 29.15 motion claiming that his trial counsel was ineffective for failing to request the submission of a lesser-included offense instruction on one of the first-degree assault charges he was convicted of. Specifically, Charles asserts that trial counsel should have requested a lesser-included offense instruction for the class B felony of first-degree assault because the evidence did not support that the victim suffered serious physical injury—the element that differentiates class A first-degree assault from class B first-degree assault. See § 565.050. The motion court granted Charles an evidentiary hearing but denied
An extended opinion would have no precedential value. The parties have been furnished with a memorandum for their information only, setting forth the reasons for this order pursuant to Rule 84.16(b).
Case-law data current through December 31, 2025. Source: CourtListener bulk data.