Case Name: Howard SKAGGS, Movant/Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent/Respondent
Court: Missouri Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Missouri
Decision Date: 2002-06-18
Citations: 81 S.W.3d 663
Docket Number: No. ED 80460
Parties: Howard SKAGGS, Movant/Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent/Respondent.
Judges: Before WILLIAM H. CRANDALL, JR., P.J., and KATHIANNE KNAUP CRANE and ROBERT G. DOWD, JR., JJ.
Reporter: South Western Reporter Third Series
Volume: 81
Pages: 663–663

Head Matter:
Howard SKAGGS, Movant/Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent/Respondent.
No. ED 80460.
Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Division One.
June 18, 2002.
Motion for Rehearing and/or Transfer to Supreme Court Denied July 29, 2002.
Application for Transfer Denied Aug. 27, 2002.
Kent Denzel, Columbia, MO, for appellant.
Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon, Atty. Gen., John M. Morris, II, Karen L. Kramer, Asst. Attys. Gen., Jefferson City, MO, for respondent.
Before WILLIAM H. CRANDALL, JR., P.J., and KATHIANNE KNAUP CRANE and ROBERT G. DOWD, JR., JJ.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
Howard Skaggs (Movant) appeals the denial of his Rule 24.035 motion for post-conviction relief without an evidentiary hearing. Movant contends the motion court erred in denying his post-conviction motion in that (1) he involuntarily entered into his Alford plea because of a statement made by his counsel, and (2) the indictment failed to charge an offense.
We have reviewed the briefs of the parties and the legal file and find the claims of error to be without merit. An extended opinion would serve no jurisprudential purpose. We have, however, provided a memorandum opinion for the use of the parties only setting forth the reasons for our decision. We affirm the judgment pursuant to Rule 84.16(b).