Case Name: Trula GARCIA, Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent
Court: Missouri Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Missouri
Decision Date: 2003-07-01
Citations: 110 S.W.3d 842
Docket Number: No. ED 81892
Parties: Trula GARCIA, Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent.
Judges: Before MARY R. RUSSELL, P.J., CLIFFORD H. AHRENS, J., and BOOKER T. SHAW, J.
Reporter: South Western Reporter Third Series
Volume: 110
Pages: 842–843

Head Matter:
Trula GARCIA, Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent.
No. ED 81892.
Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Division Three.
July 1, 2003.
Amy M. Bartholow, Columbia, MO, for appellant.
Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon, Atty. Gen., Anne E. Edgington, Jefferson City, MO, for respondent.
Before MARY R. RUSSELL, P.J., CLIFFORD H. AHRENS, J., and BOOKER T. SHAW, J.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
Appellant Trula Garcia ("Garcia") appeals from the motion court's judgment denying her Rule 24.035 motion after an evidentiary hearing. Garcia argues her plea counsel was ineffective because she failed to investigate her mental records and psychological history, and failed to obtain a mental evaluation that would have supported a defense of not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect.
We have reviewed the briefs of the parties and the record on appeal and find the claim of error to be without merit. An extended opinion reciting the detailed facts and restating the principles of law would have no precedential value. Judgment affirmed pursuant to Rule 84.16(b). The parties have been furnished with a memorandum for their information only, setting forth the reasons for the order affirming the judgment pursuant to Rule 84.16(b).