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14 S.W.3d 612

Wright v. State

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided June 1, 1999

Missouri Court of Appeals · decided 1999-06-01

Relies on Luleff v. State · State v. Owsley · Meeks v. State

Decided 1999-06-01

¶1MEMORANDUM DECISION

PER CURIAM.

¶2On January 30, 1996, Kerry Wright (Movant) pleaded guilty to the Class B felony of first degree assault, section 565.050, RSMo 1994. The trial court sentenced him to five years, but suspended execution of sentence and placed him on probation for five years. The court ultimately revoked this probation and executed Movant’s sentence. Subsequently, Movant filed a timely pro se motion for post-conviction relief pursuant to Rule 24.035. Appointed counsel then filed an amended motion, which was denied after an evidentiary hearing. Movant appeals this judgment.

¶3On appeal, Movant has no quarrel with the motion court’s ruling on points that were raised in his amended motion. However, Movant contends the motion court should have sua sponte held a hearing to determine if his motion counsel abandoned him in his 24.035 proceedings pursuant to Luleff v. State, 807 S.W.2d 495 (Mo. banc 1991). Movant alleges at this Court that his counsel did abandon him because the face of the record shows that counsel filed an amended motion before a transcript of the guilty plea and sentencing proceedings was ever filed with the motion court.

¶4In this case, Movant’s counsel did file a timely amended motion. Movant’s contentions on appeal relate to the poor quality of the motion and these allegations do not rise to the level of abandonment by counsel. See, State v. Owsley, 959 S.W.2d 789, 799 (Mo. banc 1997). His claims relate only to ineffectiveness of his post-conviction counsel, which is “categorically unre-viewable.” Meeks v. State, 876 S.W.2d 755, 758 (Mo.App. E.D.1994). Extended discussion of this point would have no precedential value. Point denied.

¶5The judgment is affirmed pursuant to Rule 84.16(b).

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