Case Name: John Allen McNAMARA, Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent
Court: Missouri Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Missouri
Decision Date: 2012-07-31
Citations: 385 S.W.3d 487
Docket Number: No. WD 74338
Parties: John Allen McNAMARA, Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent.
Judges: Before Division Three: VICTOR C. HOWARD, Presiding Judge, and KAREN KING MITCHELL and CYNTHIA L. MARTIN, Judges.
Reporter: South Western Reporter Third Series
Volume: 385
Pages: 487–488

Head Matter:
John Allen McNAMARA, Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent.
No. WD 74338.
Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District.
July 31, 2012.
Ruth B. Sanders, Appellate District Defender, Kansas City, MO, for Appellant.
Chris Koster, Attorney General, Dora A. Fichter, Assistant Attorney General, Jefferson City, MO, for Respondent.
Before Division Three: VICTOR C. HOWARD, Presiding Judge, and KAREN KING MITCHELL and CYNTHIA L. MARTIN, Judges.

Opinion:
Order
PER CURIAM:
John McNamara appeals the denial of his Rule 24.035 motion for post-conviction relief. McNamara alleged that his guilty plea was unknowing and involuntary because the plea court failed to advise him of the possibility of jury sentencing had he proceeded to a jury trial. But because nothing required that McNamara be advised of the possibility of jury sentencing, and because McNamara failed to prove his claim at the evidentiary hearing, the motion court committed no error in denying his post-conviction motion. We affirm. Rule 84.16(b).