Case Name: Willie JAMES, Movant/Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent/Respondent
Court: Missouri Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Missouri
Decision Date: 1990-11-20
Citations: 807 S.W.2d 113
Docket Number: No. 58062
Parties: Willie JAMES, Movant/Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent/Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 807
Pages: 113–113

Head Matter:
Willie JAMES, Movant/Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent/Respondent.
No. 58062.
Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Division Three.
Nov. 20, 1990.
J. Gregory Mermelstein, Lew Anthony Kollias, Columbia, for movant/appellant.
William L. Webster, Atty. Gen., Robert P. Sass, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for respondent/respondent.

Opinion:
ORDER
Movant appeals from the denial of his Rule 24.035 post-conviction motion without an evidentiary hearing. His motion was not verified. The Supreme Court has ruled that verification is an essential element required to invoke the jurisdiction of the trial court. See, Kilgore v. State, 791 S.W.2d 393 (Mo. banc 1990). An extended opinion would therefore have no jurisprudential purpose. The judgment is affirmed in accordance with Rule 84.16(b).