Case Name: STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Bernardo COSTA, Appellant
Court: Missouri Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Missouri
Decision Date: 2013-08-06
Citations: 412 S.W.3d 325
Docket Number: No. WD 75950
Parties: STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Bernardo COSTA, Appellant.
Judges: Before Division Four: JAMES E. WELSH, C.J., and LISA WHITE HARDWICK and ALOK AHUJA, JJ.
Reporter: South Western Reporter Third Series
Volume: 412
Pages: 325–326

Head Matter:
STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Bernardo COSTA, Appellant.
No. WD 75950.
Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District.
Aug. 6, 2013.
Motion for Rehearing and/or Transfer to Supreme Court Denied Oct. 1, 2013.
Application for Transfer Denied Nov. 26, 2013.
Bernando Costa, Cameron, MO, pro se.
Shaun Mackelprang, Jefferson City, MO, for respondent.
Before Division Four: JAMES E. WELSH, C.J., and LISA WHITE HARDWICK and ALOK AHUJA, JJ.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM:
Bernardo Costa was convicted in 1998 of first-degree statutory rape under § 566.032, RSMo 1994. Costa was sentenced to life imprisonment, without the possibility of parole for thirty years. Cos-ta filed a motion for post-conviction relief under Supreme Court Rule 29.15, which was denied after an evidentiary hearing. Costa now appeals the denial of his second motion to re-open his Rule 29.15 proceeding, arguing that the ineffective assistance provided by his post-conviction counsel required the circuit court to re-open the post-conviction proceeding. We affirm. Because a published opinion would have no precedential value, an unpublished memorandum setting forth the reasons for this order has been provided to the parties. Rule 84.16(b).