Case Name: Darnell TOWNES, Defendant-Movant, v. STATE of Missouri, Plaintiff-Respondent
Court: Missouri Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Missouri
Decision Date: 1998-09-22
Citations: 976 S.W.2d 633
Docket Number: No. 73602
Parties: Darnell TOWNES, Defendant-Movant, v. STATE of Missouri, Plaintiff-Respondent.
Judges: Before HOFF, P.J. and GARY M. GAERTNER and RHODES RUSSELL, JJ.
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 976
Pages: 633–634

Head Matter:
Darnell TOWNES, Defendant-Movant, v. STATE of Missouri, Plaintiff-Respondent.
No. 73602.
Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Division Four.
Sept. 22, 1998.
Raymund J. Capelovitch, Asst. Public Defender, St. Louis, for appellant.
Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon, Atty. Gen., Shaun J. Mackelprang, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for respondent.
Before HOFF, P.J. and GARY M. GAERTNER and RHODES RUSSELL, JJ.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
Darnell Townes (Movant) appeals from the denial of his Rule 29.15 motion for post-conviction relief after an evidentiary hearing. Movant contends his trial counsel was ineffective because she failed to file a motion to sever a count and had no specific trial strategy for failure to seek severance.
We have reviewed the briefs of the parties, the legal file, and the record on appeal and find the claim of error to be without merit. The motion court's findings of fact are not clearly erroneous. An extended opinion reciting the detailed facts and restating the principles of law would have no precedential value. Judgment affirmed pursuant to Rule 84.16(b).