Case Name: Antonio D. SISTRUNK, Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent
Court: Missouri Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Missouri
Decision Date: 2015-08-25
Citations: 468 S.W.3d 465
Docket Number: No. ED 101803
Parties: Antonio D. SISTRUNK, Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent.
Judges: Before Sherri B. Sullivan, P.J., Patricia L. Cohen, J., and Kurt S. Odenwald, J.
Reporter: South Western Reporter Third Series
Volume: 468
Pages: 465–465

Head Matter:
Antonio D. SISTRUNK, Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent.
No. ED 101803
Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, DIVISION FOUR.
FILED: August 25, 2015
Jessica M. Hathaway, 1010 Market St., Suite 1100, St. Louis, MO 63101, for Appellant.
Chris Foster, Shaun J. Mackelprang, P.O. Box 899, Jefferson City, MO 65102, for Respondent.
Before Sherri B. Sullivan, P.J., Patricia L. Cohen, J., and Kurt S. Odenwald, J.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM
Appellant Antonio Sistrunk ("Sistrunk") appeals from the judgment of the motion court denying his Rule 29.15 motion for post-conviction relief without an evidentia-ry hearing. Sistrunk was found guilty, following a jury trial, of first-degree robbery, armed criminal action, and kidnapping. Sistrunk was sentenced to a total prison term of twenty-five years. This Court affirmed Sistrunk's convictions and sentences on direct appeal in State v. Sistrunk, 414 S.W.3d 592 (Mo.App.E.D.2013). On appeal, Sistrunk asserts that the motion court clearly erred in denying his Rule 29.15 motion for post-conviction relief alleging ineffective assistance of appellate counsel without an evidentiary hearing. First, Sistrunk contends that appellate counsel was ineffective for failing to raise a claim on direct appeal that the trial court abused its discretion in permitting the State to impeach Sistrunk with his prior arrests. Second, Sistrunk avers that appellate counsel was ineffective for failing to raise a claim on direct appeal challenging the admission and publication to the jury of numerous gruesome and repetitive photographs of the victim.
We have reviewed the briefs of the parties and the record on appeal and find no error of law. No jurisprudential purpose would be served by a written opinion. However, the parties have been furnished with a memorandum opinion for their information only, setting forth the facts and reasons for this order.
The judgment of the trial court is affirmed in accordance with Rule 84.16(b).