Case Name: Gregory COTTON, Movant/Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent
Court: Missouri Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Missouri
Decision Date: 1999-05-18
Citations: 991 S.W.2d 209
Docket Number: No. 74235
Parties: Gregory COTTON, Movant/Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent.
Judges: Before ROBERT G. DOWD, Jr., C.J., and KENT E. KAROHL and LAWRENCE E. MOONEY, JJ.
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 991
Pages: 209–209

Head Matter:
Gregory COTTON, Movant/Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent.
No. 74235.
Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Division Five.
May 18, 1999.
Paul A. Yarns, Asst. Public Defender, St. Louis, for appellant.
Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon, Atty. Gen., Gregory L. Barnes, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for respondent.
Before ROBERT G. DOWD, Jr., C.J., and KENT E. KAROHL and LAWRENCE E. MOONEY, JJ.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
Movant Gregory Cotton filed this appeal challenging the denial of his Rule 24.035 motion without a hearing. On appeal, Movant contends he is entitled to a hearing on his claim that his plea counsel was ineffective for failing to investigate and prepare a defense for him.
Movant fails to file a copy of the transcript from the guilty plea hearing. On appeal, Movant bears the burden of showing the motion court's findings are clearly erroneous. Rule 24.035(k). Furthermore, Movant bears the burden of providing a transcript under Rule 81.12 containing all the record necessary to determine the questions on appeal. Movant's failure to file the guilty plea transcript means his contentions on appeal are unsupported, and we are unable to determine whether the motion court's actions are clearly erroneous. Speakman v. State, 602 S.W.2d 471, 472-73 (Mo.App. E.D.1980). Under the circumstances, we affirm the motion court's judgment.