Case Name: Larry POWELL, Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent
Court: Missouri Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Missouri
Decision Date: 2001-02-13
Citations: 36 S.W.3d 806
Docket Number: No. ED 77957
Parties: Larry POWELL, Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent.
Judges: Before AHRENS, P.J., CRANDALL, J., and JAMES R. DOWD, J.
Reporter: South Western Reporter Third Series
Volume: 36
Pages: 806–807

Head Matter:
Larry POWELL, Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent.
No. ED 77957.
Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Division Two.
Feb. 13, 2001.
Douglas R. Hoff, Asst. Public Defender, St. Louis, for appellant.
Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon, Atty. Gen., Stephanie Morrell, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for respondent.
Before AHRENS, P.J., CRANDALL, J., and JAMES R. DOWD, J.

Opinion:
ORDER
Appellant, Larry Powell, was convicted of second degree assault and sentenced to seven years imprisonment. This court affirmed his conviction. State v. Powell, 996 S.W.2d 94 (Mo.App. E.D.1999). Powell now appeals from the judgment denying his Rule 29.15 motion for post-conviction relief without a hearing. Powell alleges that he was denied his right to effective assistance of counsel in that his trial attorney failed to secure civilian pants and shoes for him to wear at trial and did not cross-examine a witness about the condition of her teeth prior to his assault on her.
We have reviewed the briefs of the parties and the record on appeal and find the motion court's decision was not clearly erroneous in that the clothing Powell wore at trial bore no marks of being prison issue and Powell himself testified to facts sufficient to establish that he inflicted serious physical injury on his victim. As an extended opinion reciting the facts and restating the principles of law applicable to this case would have no precedential value, we affirm the judgment pursuant to Rule 84.16(b).