Case Name: Eddie JONES, Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent
Court: Missouri Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Missouri
Decision Date: 1999-12-21
Citations: 14 S.W.3d 66
Docket Number: No. ED 75653
Parties: Eddie JONES, Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent.
Judges: Before GARY M. GAERTNER, P.J. and PAUL J. SIMON and JAMES R. DOWD, JJ.
Reporter: South Western Reporter Third Series
Volume: 14
Pages: 66–67

Head Matter:
Eddie JONES, Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent.
No. ED 75653.
Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Division One.
Dec. 21, 1999.
Motion for Rehearing and/or Transfer to Supreme Court Denied March 7, 2000.
Application for Transfer Denied April 25, 2000.
Mark A. Grothoff, Asst. Public Defender, Columbia, for appellant.
Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon, Atty. Gen., Shaun J. Mackelprang, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for respondent.
Before GARY M. GAERTNER, P.J. and PAUL J. SIMON and JAMES R. DOWD, JJ.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
Eddie Jones, movant, appeals the motion court's judgment denying his Rule 29.15 motion and request for an evidentia-ry hearing. Movant contends the motion court erred in denying his Rule 29.15 motion without granting an evidentiary hearing because he pled factual allegations which, if proven, would warrant relief and which are not refuted by the record in that he was denied his right to effective assistance of counsel because his counsel failed to: (1) challenge the prosecutor's peremptory strikes of five African-American veni-repersons; and (2) object to an improper argument made by the prosecutor during the state's closing argument. We affirm.
We have reviewed the briefs of the parties and the record on appeal and find no error of law. As an extended opinion would have no precedential value, we affirm the judgment pursuant to Rule 30.25