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535 S.W.3d 787

Patton v. State

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided December 19, 2017

Missouri Court of Appeals · decided 2017-12-19

Decided 2017-12-19

¶1ORDER

PER CURIAM.

¶2Melvin Patton (“Movant”) appeals from the denial, without an evidentiary hearing, of his Rule 29.15 post-conviction relief motion. Movant contends his trial counsel was ineffective in: (I) failing to request a cautionary instruction concerning the testimony of an in-custody informant, and (II) failing to move for the admission of two newspaper articles that could have been used to impeach the in-custody informant’s testimony. We affirm.

¶3The judgment of the trial court is not clearly erroneous. 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).

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