Opinion ID: 1522080
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Heading: jurisdiction

Text: This case comes before this Court after transfer from the court of appeals. Both Rule 83.02 and Article V, § 10 of the Missouri Constitution state that the court of appeals may transfer a pending case to this Court after issuing an opinion. Thus, if the motion to recall the mandate was properly before the court of appeals, there was certainly a case pending in the court of appeals for the purposes of both of these provisions. In this case, appellant presented a claim that his appellate counsel was ineffective, through his motion to recall the mandate. This Court has held in the past that claims of ineffective assistance of appellate counsel should be presented to the appellate court in the form of a motion to recall the mandate. See Mallett v. State, 769 S.W.2d 77, 83 n. 5 (Mo. banc 1989). Therefore, as this case was properly before the court of appeals, it is properly before this Court after transfer.