Case Name: Locust K. SIMMS, Jr., Movant/Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent
Court: Missouri Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Missouri
Decision Date: 2006-10-24
Citations: 204 S.W.3d 329
Docket Number: No. ED 86485
Parties: Locust K. SIMMS, Jr., Movant/Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent.
Judges: Before GLENN A. NORTON, P.J., LAWRENCE E. MOONEY and KENNETH M. ROMINES, JJ.
Reporter: South Western Reporter Third Series
Volume: 204
Pages: 329–330

Head Matter:
Locust K. SIMMS, Jr., Movant/Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent.
No. ED 86485.
Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Division Three.
Oct. 24, 2006.
Jo Ann Rotermund, St. Louis, MO, for appellant.
Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon, Atty. Gen., Jayne T. Woods, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, MO, for respondent.
Before GLENN A. NORTON, P.J., LAWRENCE E. MOONEY and KENNETH M. ROMINES, JJ.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
Movant, Locust K. Simms, Jr., appeals from the judgment denying his Rule 24.035 motion after an evidentiary hearing. On appeal, movant argues that his counsel rendered ineffective assistance by coercing him into entering an Alford plea to domestic assault in the second degree and armed criminal action.
The motion court's findings and conclusions are not clearly erroneous. Rule 24.035(k). An extended opinion would have no precedential value. The parties have been provided with a memorandum for their information only, setting forth the reasons for this decision. The judgment is affirmed. Rule 84.16(b).