Case Name: Norman HOWARD, Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent
Court: Missouri Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Missouri
Decision Date: 2012-08-28
Citations: 374 S.W.3d 403
Docket Number: No. ED 97430
Parties: Norman HOWARD, Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent.
Judges: Before ROBERT G. DOWD, JR., P.J. and ROY L. RICHTER and ANGELA T. QUIGLESS, JJ.
Reporter: South Western Reporter Third Series
Volume: 374
Pages: 403–404

Head Matter:
Norman HOWARD, Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent.
No. ED 97430.
Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Division Three.
Aug. 28, 2012.
Edward S. Thompson, St. Louis, MO, Attorneys for Appellant.
Chris Koster, Attorney General, Robert J. Bartholomew, Jr., Asst. Attorney Gener al, Jefferson City, MO, Attorneys for Respondent.
Before ROBERT G. DOWD, JR., P.J. and ROY L. RICHTER and ANGELA T. QUIGLESS, JJ.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
Norman Howard ("Movant") appeals from the judgment of the motion court denying his Rule 24.035 motion for post-conviction relief without an evidentiary hearing. Movant argues the motion court clearly erred in denying his Rule 24.035 motion for postconviction relief without an evidentiary hearing because he alleged facts not conclusively refuted by the record which, if proven, would entitle him to relief in that his plea counsel was ineffective for coercing him into pleading guilty by promising him he would get no more than twenty years.
We have reviewed the briefs of the parties and the record on appeal and find the claims of error to be without merit. An opinion would have no precedential value nor serve any jurisprudential purpose. The parties have been furnished with a memorandum for their information only, setting forth the reasons for this order pursuant to Rule 84.16(b).