Case Name: Ronald L. ALLEN, Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent.
Court: Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, DIVISION FOUR
Jurisdiction: Missouri
Decision Date: 2018-10-23
Citations: 559 S.W.3d 423
Docket Number: No. ED 106125
Parties: Ronald L. ALLEN, Appellant,
v.
STATE of Missouri, Respondent.
Judges: Before Kurt S. Odenwald, P.J., Gary M. Gaertner, Jr., J., and Colleen Dolan, J.
Reporter: South Western Reporter Third Series
Volume: 559
Pages: 423–423

Head Matter:
Ronald L. ALLEN, Appellant,
v.
STATE of Missouri, Respondent.
No. ED 106125
Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, DIVISION FOUR.
FILED: October 23, 2018
Kristina Starke Olson, 1010 Market St., Ste 1100, St. Louis, MO 63101, for appellant.
Joshua Hawley, Evan J. Buchheim, P.O. Box 899, Jefferson City, MO 65102, for respondent.
Before Kurt S. Odenwald, P.J., Gary M. Gaertner, Jr., J., and Colleen Dolan, J.
ORDER

Opinion:
PER CURIAM
Ronald L. Allen ("Allen") appeals the motion court's denial of his Rule 29.15 motion for post-conviction relief without an evidentiary hearing. Allen argues trial counsel was ineffective for failing to move to suppress drug evidence seized pursuant to a search warrant that lacked probable cause. Because the record reflects that probable cause supported the search warrant, a motion to suppress would have been meritless. We will not hold trial counsel ineffective for failing to file a meritless motion, and therefore Allen is not entitled to an evidentiary hearing or post-conviction relief.
We have reviewed the briefs of the parties and the record on appeal and find no error of law. No jurisprudential purpose would be served by a written opinion. However, the parties have been furnished with a memorandum opinion for their information only, setting forth the facts and reasons for this order.
The judgment of the trial court is affirmed in accordance with Rule 84.16(b).