Case Name: Jessie Lee WHITAKER, Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent
Court: Missouri Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Missouri
Decision Date: 2007-09-04
Citations: 231 S.W.3d 850
Docket Number: No. WD 67375
Parties: Jessie Lee WHITAKER, Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent.
Judges: Before HOWARD, C.J., and BRECKENRIDGE and ELLIS, JJ.
Reporter: South Western Reporter Third Series
Volume: 231
Pages: 850–851

Head Matter:
Jessie Lee WHITAKER, Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent.
No. WD 67375.
Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District.
Sept. 4, 2007.
Mark A. Grothoff, Columbia, MO, for Appellant.
Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon, Atty. Gen., Shaun J. Mackelprang, Assistant Attorney General, Jefferson City, MO, for Respondent.
Before HOWARD, C.J., and BRECKENRIDGE and ELLIS, JJ.

Opinion:
Order
PER CURIAM.
Jessie Whitaker, Jr., appeals from the denial of his Rule 29.15 motion for ineffective assistance of trial counsel. Whitaker claims that his trial counsel was ineffective for failing to object to improper comments made by the State during closing arguments. We find that the trial court did not clearly err in denying Whitaker's Rule 29.15 motion. The judgment of the trial court is affirmed. Rule 84.16(b).