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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Curtis L. CORNELIUS, Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent.
    No. WD 75163.
    Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District.
    Dec. 3, 2013.
    Susan L. Hogan, for Appellant.
    Dora Fichter, for Respondent.
    Before Division II: MARK D. PFEIFFER, Presiding Judge, JOSEPH M. ELLIS, Judge and VICTOR C. HOWARD, Judge.
   ORDER

PER CURIAM:

Curtis Cornelius appeals the judgment of the trial court denying his Rule 29.15 motion for post-conviction relief. Cornelius sought to vacate his conviction for forcible rape, section 566.030, and sentence of twenty-five years imprisonment. He claims that he received ineffective assistance of counsel when counsel “opened the door” to testimony that Cornelius refused to consent to giving a buccal swab of his DNA to Detective Gary Snyder and that he only gave the sample after the detective told Cornelius he had a search warrant to obtain it. Because a published opinion would have no precedential value, a memorandum has been provided to the parties.

The judgment is affirmed. Rule 84.16(b).