Case Name: Finis S. RANKIN, Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent
Court: Missouri Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Missouri
Decision Date: 1974-02-04
Citations: 506 S.W.2d 65
Docket Number: No. 26665
Parties: Finis S. RANKIN, Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent.
Judges: Before DIXON, C. J., and SHANGLEK and WASSERSTROM, JJ.
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 506
Pages: 65–65

Head Matter:
Finis S. RANKIN, Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent.
No. 26665.
Missouri Court of Appeals, Kansas City District.
Feb. 4, 1974.
Bruce W. Simon, Kansas City, for appellant.
John C. Danforth, Atty. Gen., Robert Presson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for respondent.
Before DIXON, C. J., and SHANGLEK and WASSERSTROM, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
This is an appeal from an order entered in a 27.26, V.A.M.R., proceeding overruling the motion and denying the movant an evidentiary hearing. The sole point on appeal asserts that petitioner was denied effective assistance of counsel because his trial counsel failed, after an unsuccessful direct appeal, to proceed by certiorari to the United States Supreme Court. This ground was not set forth in the 27.26 motion, although appointed counsel had advised movant that his motion could be amended to include this claim. The issue presented is governed by the holding in Fritz v. State, 449 S.W.2d 174 (Mo.1970). An opinion in this case would have no precedential value.
The trial court judgment is affirmed. Rule 84.16.