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

Cody WARD, Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent.
    No. WD 73967.
    Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District.
    Aug. 28, 2012.
    Margaret M. Johnston, Columbia, MO, for appellant.
    Karen L. Kramer, Jefferson City, MO, for respondent.
    Before Division Three: VICTOR C. HOWARD, Presiding Judge, KAREN KING MITCHELL, Judge and CYNTHIA L. MARTIN, Judge.
   ORDER

PER CURIAM:

Cody L. Ward appeals from the motion court’s denial of his Rule 2 motion. Ward claims that trial counsel was ineffective for failing to explain why he should waive a preliminary hearing, and that the waiver resulted in Ward not knowing the strength of the State’s evidence. Ward claims his guilty plea was unknowing as a result. We affirm. Rule 84.16(b).