Case Name: Eric BUCKNER, Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent
Court: Missouri Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Missouri
Decision Date: 2013-06-18
Citations: 401 S.W.3d 577
Docket Number: No. ED 98398
Parties: Eric BUCKNER, Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent.
Judges: Before: LAWRENCE E. MOONEY, P. J., PATRICIA L. COHEN, J., and KURT S. ODENWALD, J.
Reporter: South Western Reporter Third Series
Volume: 401
Pages: 577–577

Head Matter:
Eric BUCKNER, Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent.
No. ED 98398.
Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Division IV.
June 18, 2013.
Jessica Hathaway, Assistant Public Defender, Office of the Missouri Public Defender, St. Louis, MO, for appellant.
Chris Koster, Attorney General, Andrew C. Hooper, Assistant Attorney General, Jefferson City, MO, for respondent.
Before: LAWRENCE E. MOONEY, P. J., PATRICIA L. COHEN, J., and KURT S. ODENWALD, J.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
Appellant Eric Buckner ("Buckner") appeals the judgment of the motion court denying his motion for post-conviction relief pursuant to Rule 24.035, Mo. R.Crim. P. (2011). Buckner claims the motion court clearly erred in denying his motion because he demonstrated that plea counsel was constitutionally ineffective. Buckner contends that plea counsel affirmatively misrepresented that Buckner's sentence would be capped at five years pursuant to an agreement with the State, when in fact he was sentenced to a total term often years. Buckner asserts that this misrepresentation rendered his guilty plea unknowing and involuntary.
We have reviewed the briefs of the parties, the legal file, and the record on appeal and find the claims of error to be without merit. No error of law appears. An extended opinion reciting the detailed facts and restating the principles of law applicable to this case would serve no jurisprudential purpose. The parties have been furnished with a memorandum for their information only, setting forth the reasons for our decision. We affirm the judgment pursuant to Mo. R. Civ. P. 84.16(b)(5).