Case Name: Melvin PATTON, Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent
Court: Missouri Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Missouri
Decision Date: 2017-12-19
Citations: 535 S.W.3d 787
Docket Number: ED 105567 & ED 105560
Parties: Melvin PATTON, Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent.
Judges: Before Lisa P. Page, P.J., Roy L. Richter, J, and Philip M. Hess, J.
Reporter: South Western Reporter Third Series
Volume: 535
Pages: 787–788

Head Matter:
Melvin PATTON, Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent.
ED 105567 & ED 105560
Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, DIVISION TWO.
Filed: December 19, 2017
Gwenda Renee’ Robinson, Missouri Public Defender Office, 1010 Market Street, Suite 1100, St. Louis, MO 63101, for appellant.
Garrick Aplin, Assistant Attorney General, P.O. Box 899, Jefferson City, MO 65102, for respondent.
Before Lisa P. Page, P.J., Roy L. Richter, J, and Philip M. Hess, J.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
Melvin Patton ("Movant") appeals from the denial, without an evidentiary hearing, of his Rule 29.15 post-conviction relief motion. Movant contends his trial counsel was ineffective in: (I) failing to request a cautionary instruction concerning the testimony of an in-custody informant, and (II) failing to move for the admission of two newspaper articles that could have been used to impeach the in-custody informant's testimony. We affirm.
The judgment of the trial court is not clearly erroneous. An extended opinion would have no precedential value. The parties have been furnished with a memorandum for their information only, setting forth the reasons for this order pursuant to Rule 84.16(b).