Case Name: Christopher BAKER, Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent
Court: Missouri Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Missouri
Decision Date: 2013-01-29
Citations: 391 S.W.3d 497
Docket Number: No. WD 74581
Parties: Christopher BAKER, Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent.
Judges: Before Division Two: KAREN KING MITCHELL, Presiding Judge, and THOMAS H. NEWTON and LISA WHITE HARDWICK, Judges.
Reporter: South Western Reporter Third Series
Volume: 391
Pages: 497–497

Head Matter:
Christopher BAKER, Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent.
No. WD 74581.
Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District.
Jan. 29, 2013.
Emmett D. Queener, Assistant Public Defender, Columbia, MO, for Appellant.
Chris Koster, Attorney General, Dora A. Fichter, Assistant Attorney General, Jefferson City, MO, for Respondent.
Before Division Two: KAREN KING MITCHELL, Presiding Judge, and THOMAS H. NEWTON and LISA WHITE HARDWICK, Judges.

Opinion:
Order
PER CURIAM:
Christopher Baker appeals the denial, after an evidentiary hearing, of his Rule 29.15 motion for post-conviction relief. Baker argues that trial counsel was ineffective for failing to timely endorse a witness that would have supported his defense theory, resulting in the exclusion of her testimony at trial. Baker claims that he was prejudiced by counsel's failure in that, had the witness been allowed to testify, the State would have been unable to make an argument in closing regarding a lack of evidence to support Baker's defense theory. Because Baker failed to prove either that counsel's performance was deficient or that Baker suffered resulting prejudice, we affirm the decision of the motion court. Rule 84.16(b).