Case Name: Kerry WRIGHT, Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent
Court: Missouri Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Missouri
Decision Date: 1999-06-01
Citations: 14 S.W.3d 612
Docket Number: No. 74870
Parties: Kerry WRIGHT, Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent.
Judges: Before JAMES R. DOWD, P.J., LAWRENCE G. CRAHAN, J., and RICHARD B. TEITELMAN, J.
Reporter: South Western Reporter Third Series
Volume: 14
Pages: 612–613

Head Matter:
Kerry WRIGHT, Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent.
No. 74870.
Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Division Two.
June 1, 1999.
Irene Karns, Asst. Public Defender, Columbia, for appellant.
Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon, Atty. Gen., Karen L. Kramer, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for respondent.
Before JAMES R. DOWD, P.J., LAWRENCE G. CRAHAN, J., and RICHARD B. TEITELMAN, J.

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM DECISION
PER CURIAM.
On January 30, 1996, Kerry Wright (Movant) pleaded guilty to the Class B felony of first degree assault, section 565.050, RSMo 1994. The trial court sentenced him to five years, but suspended execution of sentence and placed him on probation for five years. The court ultimately revoked this probation and executed Movant's sentence. Subsequently, Movant filed a timely pro se motion for post-conviction relief pursuant to Rule 24.035. Appointed counsel then filed an amended motion, which was denied after an evidentiary hearing. Movant appeals this judgment.
On appeal, Movant has no quarrel with the motion court's ruling on points that were raised in his amended motion. However, Movant contends the motion court should have sua sponte held a hearing to determine if his motion counsel abandoned him in his 24.035 proceedings pursuant to Luleff v. State, 807 S.W.2d 495 (Mo. banc 1991). Movant alleges at this Court that his counsel did abandon him because the face of the record shows that counsel filed an amended motion before a transcript of the guilty plea and sentencing proceedings was ever filed with the motion court.
In this case, Movant's counsel did file a timely amended motion. Movant's contentions on appeal relate to the poor quality of the motion and these allegations do not rise to the level of abandonment by counsel. See, State v. Owsley, 959 S.W.2d 789, 799 (Mo. banc 1997). His claims relate only to ineffectiveness of his post-conviction counsel, which is "categorically unre-viewable." Meeks v. State, 876 S.W.2d 755, 758 (Mo.App. E.D.1994). Extended discussion of this point would have no precedential value. Point denied.
The judgment is affirmed pursuant to Rule 84.16(b).