Case Name: Andy Joe ALTIC, Jr., Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent
Court: Missouri Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Missouri
Decision Date: 2017-02-14
Citations: 521 S.W.3d 615
Docket Number: No. SD 34526
Parties: Andy Joe ALTIC, Jr., Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent.
Judges: (Before Lynch, P.J., Rahmeyer, J., and Scott, J.)
Reporter: South Western Reporter Third Series
Volume: 521
Pages: 615–616

Head Matter:
Andy Joe ALTIC, Jr., Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent.
No. SD 34526
Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Division One.
FILED: February 14, 2017
Appellant’s attorney: Margaret Mueller Johnston
Respondent’s attorneys: Chris Foster, Atty. Gen., and Shaun J. Mackelprang, Asst. Atty. Gen.
(Before Lynch, P.J., Rahmeyer, J., and Scott, J.)

Opinion:
REVERSED AND REMANDED WITH DIRECTIONS
PER CURIAM.
Mr. Altic appeals the dismissal of his Rule 29.15 postconviction case. We need reach only his second of three points, which the state concedes, regarding failure to conduct an abandonment hearing per Moore v. State, 458 S.W.3d 822 (Mo. banc 2015).
Relevant dates are not in dispute. On August 14, 2014, Mr. Altic timely moved pro se for Rule 29.15 relief from a stealing conviction. Appointed counsel sought a 30-day extension for his amended motion, but there was no ruling of record, so the deadline remained November 7, rendering the November 10 amended motion untimely. See Patton v. State, 488 S.W.3d 143-44 (Mo.App. 2016); Frazee v. State, 480 S.W.3d 442, 445 (Mo.App. 2016); Rule 29.15(g).
When an amended motion is untimely, the motion court must independently inquire and determine whether abandonment occurred. Moore, 458 S.W.3d at 825. "In this case, the motion court did not make an independent inquiry into whether Mr. [Altic] was abandoned. When the independent inquiry is required but not done, this Court will remand the case because the motion court is the appropriate forum to conduct such an inquiry." Id. at 826.
We reverse and remand the case to the motion court to conduct a Moore abandonment inquiry, the result of which will determine which motion the court will adjudicate, id. and for further proceedings consistent with Rule 29.15.
. We deny all other points as moot.