Case Name: Anthony BACON, Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent
Court: Missouri Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Missouri
Decision Date: 2007-06-26
Citations: 226 S.W.3d 271
Docket Number: No. WD 66996
Parties: Anthony BACON, Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent.
Judges: Before THOMAS H. NEWTON, Presiding Judge, JAMES M. SMART, JR., Judge, and RONALD R. HOLLIGER, Judge.
Reporter: South Western Reporter Third Series
Volume: 226
Pages: 271–271

Head Matter:
Anthony BACON, Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent.
No. WD 66996.
Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District.
June 26, 2007.
Brian J. Klopfenstein, Kearney, for appellant.
Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon, Atty. Gen., Shaun Mackelprang and Stephanie L. Wan, Office of Attorney General, Jefferson City, for Respondent.
Before THOMAS H. NEWTON, Presiding Judge, JAMES M. SMART, JR., Judge, and RONALD R. HOLLIGER, Judge.

Opinion:
ORDER
Anthony Bacon appeals the denial of his Rule 29.15 motion for post-conviction relief, following an evidentiary hearing. Bacon's motion alleged ineffective assistance of counsel in that trial counsel did not properly challenge a search warrant that permitted the officers to execute the warrant without knocking and announcing their presence before making entry. Because any motion to suppress the evidence based on the police officers' failure to knock and announce before entry would have been unsuccessful under Hudson v. Michigan, — U.S.-, 126 S.Ct. 2159, 165 L.Ed.2d 56 (2006), Bacon did not suffer any prejudice. Therefore, we affirm the denial of his Rule 29.15 motion pursuant to Rule 84.16(b).