Case Name: Clifton E. WINN (24.035), Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent
Court: Missouri Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Missouri
Decision Date: 2005-02-15
Citations: 159 S.W.3d 478
Docket Number: No. WD 63448
Parties: Clifton E. WINN (24.035), Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent.
Judges: Before EDWIN H. SMITH, C.J., ELLIS and HOWARD, JJ.
Reporter: South Western Reporter Third Series
Volume: 159
Pages: 478–478

Head Matter:
Clifton E. WINN (24.035), Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent.
No. WD 63448.
Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District.
Feb. 15, 2005.
Susan Lynn Hogan, Appellate Defender, Kansas City, MO, for Appellant.
Deborah Daniels, Assistant Attorney General, Jefferson City, MO, for Respondent.
Before EDWIN H. SMITH, C.J., ELLIS and HOWARD, JJ.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
Clifton Winn appeals from the judgment denying his Rule 24.035 motion for post-conviction relief. In his sole point on appeal, he claims that the trial court clearly erred in overruling his motion because the plea court accepted his guilty pleas to both involuntary manslaughter and armed criminal action (ACA). He asserts that his conviction for ACA cannot stand because involuntary manslaughter, which requires a mental state of recklessness, cannot serve as the underlying felony for ACA, which requires a purposeful or knowing mental state.
Given the Missouri Supreme Court's recent clarification in State v. Belton, 153 S.W.3d 307 (Mo. banc 2005) of the very contention raised by Winn, we affirm the motion court's judgment. Rule 84.16(b).