Johnson v. State

320 S.W.3d 242 (2010)

Antione D. JOHNSON, Appellant,
v.
STATE of Missouri, Respondent.

No. ED 93692.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Division Four.

September 14, 2010.

Lisa M. Stroup, St. Louis, MO, for Appellant.

Chris Koster, Attorney General, Jamie P. Rasmussen, Asst. Attorney General, Jefferson City, MO, for Respondent.

Before KURT S. ODENWALD, P.J., and ROBERT G. DOWD, JR., and NANNETTE A. BAKER, JJ.

ORDER

PER CURIAM.

Antione Johnson ("Movant") appeals from the denial of his Rule 24.035 motion for post-conviction relief without an evidentiary hearing. Movant contends the motion court clearly erred in denying his Rule 24.035 motion without an evidentiary hearing because he alleged facts, not conclusively refuted by the record, that his plea counsel was ineffective for advising him to admit to being a prior and persistent offender and prior and persistent drug offender without requiring the State to independently prove his prior and persistent offender and prior and persistent drug offender status.

We have reviewed the briefs of the parties and the record on appeal and find the claims of error to be without merit. The motion court's findings of fact and conclusions of law are not clearly erroneous. Rule 24.035(k). An opinion reciting the detailed facts and restating principles of law would have no precedential value. However, the parties have been furnished with a memorandum for their information only, setting forth the reasons for this order. The judgment is affirmed in accordance with Rule 84.16(b).