Opinion ID: 1369544
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Heading: Admission of evidence regarding Storey's prior Georgia conviction

Text: Storey claims that appellate counsel was ineffective for failing to appeal the trial court's decision denying a new guilt phase because evidence of Tim's vacated Georgia conviction was highly prejudicial. At trial, Storey was impeached with evidence of a vacated prior conviction in Georgia. This was discussed by this Court in Storey's second appeal, and was held to have been harmless. State v. Storey, 986 S.W.2d 462, 465-66 (Mo. banc 1999). Appellate counsel testified that she thought the issue had previously been presented to the Missouri Supreme Court and ruled on, and I didn't see any reason to raise it again. The motion court denied the ineffective assistance claim. It was not error for counsel not to raise this issue again before this Court.