Case Name: Maurice CHARLES (29.15), Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent
Court: Missouri Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Missouri
Decision Date: 2005-02-28
Citations: 156 S.W.3d 494
Docket Number: No. WD 62494
Parties: Maurice CHARLES (29.15), Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent.
Judges: Before EDWIN H. SMITH, C.J., SPINDEN and SMART, JJ.
Reporter: South Western Reporter Third Series
Volume: 156
Pages: 494–495

Head Matter:
Maurice CHARLES (29.15), Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent.
No. WD 62494.
Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District.
Feb. 28, 2005.
Andrew Allen Schroeder, Appellate Defender, Kansas City, MO, for Appellant.
Deborah Daniels, Assistant Attorney General, Jefferson City, MO, for Respondent.
Before EDWIN H. SMITH, C.J., SPINDEN and SMART, JJ.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
Maurice Charles appeals from the denial, after an evidentiary hearing, of his Rule 29.15 motion for post-conviction relief. The appellant was convicted, after a bench trial in the Circuit Court of Jackson Coun ty, of one count of murder in the second degree, § 565.021, and one count of armed criminal action, § 571.015. As a result of his convictions, he was sentenced to consecutive prison terms of life for murder and ten years for ACA in the Missouri Department of Corrections.
In his sole point on appeal, the appellant claims that the motion court clearly erred in denying, after an evidentiary hearing, his Rule 29.15 motion, alleging ineffective assistance of counsel, based on its finding that there was no prejudice to appellant from trial counsel's alleged deficient actions, because the evidence presented at the motion hearing conclusively established that the outcome of his trial would have been different but for his trial counsel's failure to offer expert medical testimony, on the issue of diminished capacity, that he suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder.
We affirm pursuant to Rule 84.16(b).