Case Name: Orlando FIELDS, Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent
Court: Missouri Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Missouri
Decision Date: 2008-09-16
Citations: 263 S.W.3d 780
Docket Number: No. ED 90579
Parties: Orlando FIELDS, Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent.
Judges: Before KURT S. ODENWALD, P.J., GLENN A. NORTON, J., and PATRICIA L. COHEN, J.
Reporter: South Western Reporter Third Series
Volume: 263
Pages: 780–781

Head Matter:
Orlando FIELDS, Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent.
No. ED 90579.
Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Division One.
Sept. 16, 2008.
Irene C. Earns, Asst. Public Defender, Columbia, MO, for appellant.
Shaun J. Mackelprang, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, MO, for respondent.
Before KURT S. ODENWALD, P.J., GLENN A. NORTON, J., and PATRICIA L. COHEN, J.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
Orlando Fields ("Movant") appeals from the judgment of the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis denying his Rule 29.15 motion for post-conviction relief. Movant asserts that the motion court clearly erred in denying his claim that trial counsel Robert Steele provided ineffective assistance of counsel by failing to advise Movant that he could testify at the penalty phase of his trial. We affirm.
We have reviewed the briefs of the parties and the record on appeal and find the motion court's decision was not clearly erroneous. An extended opinion would have no precedential value. We have, however, provided a memorandum opinion only for the use of the parties setting forth the reasons for our decision.
We affirm the judgment pursuant to Rule 84.16(b).