Case Name: John RUCKER, Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent
Court: Missouri Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Missouri
Decision Date: 2017-04-11
Citations: 515 S.W.3d 834
Docket Number: WD 79475
Parties: John RUCKER, Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent.
Judges: Before Division Three: Karen King Mitchell, Presiding Judge, Victor C. Howard, Judge and Gary D. Witt, Judge
Reporter: South Western Reporter Third Series
Volume: 515
Pages: 834–834

Head Matter:
John RUCKER, Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent.
WD 79475
Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District.
Order filed: April 11, 2017
Mark A. Grothoff, for Appellant
Dora Fichter, for Respondent
Before Division Three: Karen King Mitchell, Presiding Judge, Victor C. Howard, Judge and Gary D. Witt, Judge

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM:
John Rucker appeals the judgment of the trial court denying his Rule 29.15 motion for post-conviction relief. Rucker sought to vacate his conviction for three counts of forcible rape, section 566.030, two counts of forcible sodomy, section 566.060, and two counts of felonious restraint, section 565.120, and sentence of thirty-seven years imprisonment. He claims that he received ineffective assistance of counsel when his counsel failed to call an additional witness and failed to file a motion to sever the charges regarding the two victims. Because a published opinion would have no precedential value, a memorandum has been provided to the parties.
The judgment is affirmed. Rule 84.16(b).