Case Name: Joseph TRACY, Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent
Court: Missouri Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Missouri
Decision Date: 2003-11-25
Citations: 121 S.W.3d 258
Docket Number: No. ED 82070
Parties: Joseph TRACY, Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent.
Judges: Before GARY M. GAERTNER, SR., P.J. and ROBERT G. DOWD, JR. and MARY R. RUSSELL, JJ.
Reporter: South Western Reporter Third Series
Volume: 121
Pages: 258–258

Head Matter:
Joseph TRACY, Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent.
No. ED 82070.
Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Division One.
Nov. 25, 2003.
Scott Thompson, Office of the Public Defender, St. Louis, MO, for Appellant.
Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon, Atty. Gen., Linda Lemke, Asst. Attorney General, Jefferson City, MO, for Respondent.
Before GARY M. GAERTNER, SR., P.J. and ROBERT G. DOWD, JR. and MARY R. RUSSELL, JJ.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
Joseph Tracy (Movant) appeals the denial of his Rule 29.15 motion for postconviction relief without an evidentiary hearing. Movant contends the motion court erred in denying his postconviction motion because (1) trial counsel was ineffective for failing to advocate effectively on his behalf at sentencing, and (2) appellate counsel was ineffective for failing to raise on appeal the allegedly erroneous overruling of an objection to a statement in the State's closing argument. We affirm.
We have reviewed the briefs of the parties and the record on appeal and find the claims of error to be without merit. An opinion would have no precedential value nor serve any jurisprudential purpose. The parties have been furnished with a memorandum for their information only, setting forth the reasons for this order pursuant to Rule 84.16(b).