Case Name: James C. SMITH, Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent
Court: Missouri Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Missouri
Decision Date: 2001-05-22
Citations: 48 S.W.3d 70
Docket Number: No. WD 59048
Parties: James C. SMITH, Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent.
Judges: Before LAURA DENVIR STITH, P.J., JAMES M. SMART, Jr., and VICTOR C. HOWARD, JJ.
Reporter: South Western Reporter Third Series
Volume: 48
Pages: 70–71

Head Matter:
James C. SMITH, Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent.
No. WD 59048.
Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District.
Submitted Feb. 9, 2001.
Decided May 22, 2001.
Motion for Rehearing and/or Transfer to Supreme Court Denied July 3, 2001.
Mark A. Grothoff, Asst. Public Defender, Columbia, MO, for Appellant.
Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon, Atty. Gen., Lisa M. Sutherland, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, MO, for Respondent.
Before LAURA DENVIR STITH, P.J., JAMES M. SMART, Jr., and VICTOR C. HOWARD, JJ.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
Appellant James Smith appeals the denial of his postconviction motion to vacate judgment and sentence under Rule 29.15 of the Supreme Court Rules. He contends that his right to effective assistance of counsel was violated. He was convicted after a jury trial of burglary and possession of burglary tools. He contends that counsel was ineffective in failing to call him to testify in his own behalf, and in failing to object to leading questions asked on redirect exam of one of the state's witnesses.
The judgment is affirmed. Rule 84.16(b).