Case Name: Darris PEAL, Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent
Court: Missouri Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Missouri
Decision Date: 2016-06-28
Citations: 493 S.W.3d 36
Docket Number: WD 78454
Parties: Darris PEAL, Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent.
Judges: Before Division Two: Victor C. Howard, Presiding Judge, Thomas H. Newton, Judge and Karen King Mitchell, Judge
Reporter: South Western Reporter Third Series
Volume: 493
Pages: 36–37

Head Matter:
Darris PEAL, Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent.
WD 78454
Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District.
Order filed: June 28, 2016
Susan L. Hogan, for Appellant.
Karen L. Kramer, for Respondent.
Before Division Two: Victor C. Howard, Presiding Judge, Thomas H. Newton, Judge and Karen King Mitchell, Judge

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM:
Darris Peal appeals from the denial of his Rule 29.15 motion for 'post-conviction relief after an evidentiary hearing. Peal argues the ruling was clear error because he received ineffective assistance from his trial defense counsel when he "failed to properly object to and in fact elicited evidence that [Peal] was unemployed at the time of the homicide and that [he] had never held a job" and such failure prejudiced Peal' because "counsel's actions directly contradicted counsel's trial strategy, which was to seek to exclude evidence that [Peal] wanted money or was obsessed with money." Because a published opinion would have no precedential value, a memorandum has-been provided to-the parties.
The judgment denying Smith's motion for post-conviction relief is affirmed. Rule 84.16(b).