Case Name: James KOSTE, Defendant/Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Plaintiff/Respondent
Court: Missouri Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Missouri
Decision Date: 1998-01-13
Citations: 965 S.W.2d 186
Docket Number: No. 71817
Parties: James KOSTE, Defendant/Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Plaintiff/Respondent.
Judges: Before CRANE, P.J., and RHODES RUSSELL and JAMES R. DOWD, JJ.
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 965
Pages: 186–187

Head Matter:
James KOSTE, Defendant/Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Plaintiff/Respondent.
No. 71817.
Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Division Two.
Jan. 13, 1998.
Motion for Rehearing and/or Transfer to Supreme Court Denied March 24, 1998.
Application for Transfer Denied May 26, 1998.
Dave Hemingway, Asst. Sp. Public Defender, St. Louis, for defendant/appeUant.
Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon, Atty. Gen., Jül C. LaHue, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for plaintiff/respondent.
Before CRANE, P.J., and RHODES RUSSELL and JAMES R. DOWD, JJ.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
Defendant pled guüty to five counts of sodomy, of a chüd under age fourteen in violation of section 566.060 RSMo 1994. Defendant was convicted as a persistent offender and sentenced to thirty years' imprisonment on each count, to run concurrently. Following his conviction, defendant filed a motion for post-conviction relief pursuant to Rule 24.035. Defendant now appeals the motion court's denial of his motion without an evidentiary hearing.
The judgment of the trial court is based on findings of fact that are not clearly erroneous. No error of law appears. A written opinion would have no precedential value. However, we have provided the parties with a memorandum, for their information only, setting forth our reasoning.
The judgment of the trial court is affirmed pursuant to Rule 84.16(b).