Case Name: Charles E. SAMUEL, Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent
Court: Missouri Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Missouri
Decision Date: 2010-02-16
Citations: 302 S.W.3d 823
Docket Number: No. WD 70736
Parties: Charles E. SAMUEL, Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent.
Judges: Before Division III: JAMES EDWARD WELSH, Presiding Judge, and MARK D. PFEIFFER and KAREN KING MITCHELL, Judges.
Reporter: South Western Reporter Third Series
Volume: 302
Pages: 823–824

Head Matter:
Charles E. SAMUEL, Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent.
No. WD 70736.
Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District.
Feb. 16, 2010.
Mark A. Grothoff, Assistant State Public Defender, Columbia, MO, for Appellant.
Chris Koster, Attorney General, John M. Reeves, Assistant Attorney General, Jefferson City, MO, for Respondent.
Before Division III: JAMES EDWARD WELSH, Presiding Judge, and MARK D. PFEIFFER and KAREN KING MITCHELL, Judges.

Opinion:
Order
PER CURIAM.
This is an appeal from the denial of a Rule 29.15 motion for post-conviction relief after an evidentiary hearing in the Circuit Court of Cole County, Missouri ("motion court"). In his single point relied on, Ap pellant Charles E. Samuel ("Samuel") claims that the motion court clearly erred in not granting his motion because Samuel's two consecutive life sentences constitute cruel and unusual punishment in that they are grossly disproportionate to those of his more culpable co-defendants. Affirmed. Rule 84.16(b).