Case Name: Vernando SMITH, Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent
Court: Missouri Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Missouri
Decision Date: 2016-12-27
Citations: 512 S.W.3d 840
Docket Number: WD 79062
Parties: Vernando SMITH, Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent.
Judges: Before Division Two: Lisa White Hardwick, Presiding Judge, Karen King Mitchell and Anthony Rex Gabbert, Judges
Reporter: South Western Reporter Third Series
Volume: 512
Pages: 840–841

Head Matter:
Vernando SMITH, Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent.
WD 79062
Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District.
FILED: December 27, 2016
Motion for Rehearing and/or Transfer to Supreme Court Denied January 24, 2017
Application for Transfer Denied April 4, 2017
S. Kate Webber, Kansas City for appellant.
Daniel N. McPherson, Jefferson City for respondent.
Before Division Two: Lisa White Hardwick, Presiding Judge, Karen King Mitchell and Anthony Rex Gabbert, Judges

Opinion:
Order
Per Curiam
Vernando Smith appeals the judgment denying his Rule 29.15 motion after he was convicted of first-degree assault of a law enforcement officer and armed criminal action. Smith contends the motion court clearly erred in denying post-conviction relief because his trial counsel was ineffective for failing to call a ballistics expert to testify and his appellate counsel was ineffective for failing to assert a claim of pros-ecutorial vindictiveness. Upon review of the briefs and the record, we find no error and affirm the judgment. We have provided the parties with a Memorandum ex plaining the reasons for our decision, because a published opinion would have no precedential value.
AFFIRMED. Rule 84.16(b)