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546 S.W.3d 623

Rice v. State

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided March 27, 2018

Missouri Court of Appeals · decided 2018-03-27

Decided 2018-03-27

PER CURIAM

¶1Michael Rice appeals the denial of his Rule 29.15 motion without an evidentiary hearing. Rice's sole point on appeal is that the motion court erred in denying relief because he proved his appellate counsel was ineffective for failing to raise certain evidentiary challenges for plain error review. We hold that because appellate counsel was not required to raise unpreserved issues for plain error review, and because Rice was not prejudiced by appellate counsel's failure to raise such issues, Rice's sole point is denied. Accordingly, we affirm.

¶2An opinion would have no precedential value nor serve any jurisprudential purpose. 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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