Case Name: Lark E. GARDNER, Jr., Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent
Court: Missouri Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Missouri
Decision Date: 2013-06-04
Citations: 399 S.W.3d 927
Docket Number: No. WD 75021
Parties: Lark E. GARDNER, Jr., Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent.
Judges: Before Division One: GARY D. WITT, Presiding Judge, THOMAS H. NEWTON, Judge and MARK D. PFEIFFER, Judge.
Reporter: South Western Reporter Third Series
Volume: 399
Pages: 927–927

Head Matter:
Lark E. GARDNER, Jr., Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent.
No. WD 75021.
Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District.
June 4, 2013.
Damien De Loyola, Kansas City, MO, for appellant.
Shaun J. Mackelprang, Jefferson City, MO, for respondent.
Before Division One: GARY D. WITT, Presiding Judge, THOMAS H. NEWTON, Judge and MARK D. PFEIFFER, Judge.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM:
Lark Gardner ("Gardner") appeals from the denial of his Rule 24.035 motion after an evidentiary hearing. He argues that his plea counsel was ineffective for failing to present mitigation evidence, in the form of testimony from his mother and medical records, at sentencing. Affirmed. Rule 84.16(b).