Case Name: Carl THOMAS, Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent
Court: Missouri Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Missouri
Decision Date: 2016-05-31
Citations: 490 S.W.3d 790
Docket Number: No. ED 103481
Parties: Carl THOMAS, Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent.
Judges: Before Robert M. Clayton III, P.J., Lawrence E. Mooney, J., and James M. Dowd, J.
Reporter: South Western Reporter Third Series
Volume: 490
Pages: 790–791

Head Matter:
Carl THOMAS, Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent.
No. ED 103481
Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, DIVISION THREE.
Filed: May 31, 2016
FOR APPELLANT: Lisa M. Stroup, 1010 Market Street, Suite 1100, St. Louis, Missouri 63101.
FOR RESPONDENT: Chris Foster, Evan J. Buchheim, P.O. Box 899, Jefferson City, Missouri 65102.
Before Robert M. Clayton III, P.J., Lawrence E. Mooney, J., and James M. Dowd, J.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM
Carl Alexander Thomas appeals the denial without an evidentiary hearing of his Rule 24.035 motion for post-conviction relief. Thomas raises four points on appeal: 1) trial counsel was ineffective because he erroneously advised Thomas that if he pled guilty, he would be sentenced to probation and a ten-year suspended sentence; 2) trial counsel was ineffective for failing to pursue a motion to suppress Thomas's written statement to the police that the drugs found were his; 3) trial counsel was ineffective for failing to advocate at sentencing that Thomas should receive a more lenient sentence because Thomas was using marijuana to medicate his bipolar disorder; and 4) the trial court clearly erred in denying him probation without an evi-dentiary hearing. Because we find that the motion court's denial was not clearly erroneous, we affirm.
The judgment of the trial court is based on findings of fact that are 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).