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STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Theodore GAINES, Appellant. Theodore GAINES, Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent.
    No. 66402.
    Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Division One.
    July 30, 1996.
    David L. Simpson, Public Defender, Columbia, John M. Schilmoeller, Public Defender, St. Louis, for appellant.
    Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon, Atty. Gen., Cheryl A. Caponegro, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for respondent.
    Before DOWD, P.J., and SIMON and GARY M. GAERTNER, JJ.
   ORDER

PER CURIAM.

Appellant, Theodore Gaines, appeals the judgment of conviction for sodomy in violation of RSMo § 566.060 (Cum.Supp.1992) entered by the Circuit Court of Ralls County after a jury trial, and appeals the judgment denying his Rule 29.15 motion after an evi-dentiary hearing. We affirm.

We have reviewed the briefs of the parties and the legal file and find the judgment of conviction is supported by sufficient evidence and is not against the weight of the evidence, and no error of law appears. We further find the judgment denying the Rule 29.15 motion is not clearly erroneous. As an extended opinion would serve no jurisprudential purpose, we affirm the judgment pursuant to Rules 30.25(b) and 84.16(b). A memorandum, solely for the use of the parties involved, has been provided explaining the reasons for our decision.