Case Name: Maurice BOWEN, Movant/Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent
Court: Missouri Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Missouri
Decision Date: 2017-04-25
Citations: 516 S.W.3d 452
Docket Number: No. ED 104112
Parties: Maurice BOWEN, Movant/Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent.
Judges: Before Philip M. Hess, C.J., Lawrence E. Mooney, J., James M. Dowd, J.
Reporter: South Western Reporter Third Series
Volume: 516
Pages: 452–452

Head Matter:
Maurice BOWEN, Movant/Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent.
No. ED 104112
Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, DIVISION FIVE.
Filed: April 25, 2017
Emmett D. Queener, Missouri Public Defender’s Office, Columbia, Missouri, for Appellant
Shaun J. Mackelprang, Assistant Attorney General, Jefferson City, Missouri, for Respondent
Before Philip M. Hess, C.J., Lawrence E. Mooney, J., James M. Dowd, J.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM
Maurice Bowen (Movant) appeals the judgment of the circuit court of the City of St. Louis denying his Rule 29.15 motion for post-conviction relief. On appeal, Mov-ant argues that he was denied effective assistance of counsel when his trial counsel failed to approach the prosecutor during trial to offer a guilty plea in exchange for a ten-year sentence. Finding no error, we affirm.
We have reviewed the briefs of the parties and the record on appeal and have determined that an extended opinion would serve no jurisprudential purpose. We have, however, provided a memorandum opinion only for the use of the parties setting forth the reasons for our decision. Rule 84.16(b).