Case Name: Regina WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent
Court: Missouri Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Missouri
Decision Date: 2009-01-20
Citations: 273 S.W.3d 582
Docket Number: No. WD 68808
Parties: Regina WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent.
Judges: Before VICTOR C. HOWARD, P.J., and JOSEPH M. ELLIS and ALOK AHUJA, JJ.
Reporter: South Western Reporter Third Series
Volume: 273
Pages: 582–582

Head Matter:
Regina WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent.
No. WD 68808.
Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District.
Jan. 20, 2009.
Susan Lynn Hogan, Kansas City, MO, for appellant.
Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon, Atty. Gen. and Joshua N. Corman, Jefferson City, MO, for respondent.
Before VICTOR C. HOWARD, P.J., and JOSEPH M. ELLIS and ALOK AHUJA, JJ.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM:
Regina Williams appeals the circuit court's denial of her motion for post-conviction relief under Rule 24.035 after an evidentiary hearing. After pleading guilty to murder in the second degree, § 565.021, RSMo 2000, and assault in the second degree, § 565.060, Williams was sentenced in Jackson County Circuit Court to concurrent terms of fifteen years for murder and seven years for assault. She now claims that she received ineffective assistance of counsel prior to pleading guilty, because her attorney allegedly assured her that she would receive a lesser sentence, and failed to develop a defense based on battered spouse syndrome. Williams claims that, as a result of these deficiencies, her guilty plea was not knowing, intelligent, and voluntary.
We affirm. Because a published opinion would have no precedential value, a memorandum has been provided to the parties. Rule 84.16(b).