Childs v. State

JAMES EDWARD WELSH, Judge.

Daniel E. Childs, III, appeals the circuit court’s judgment denying his Rule 29.15 motion for post-conviction relief. He claims that his defense counsel was ineffective for failing to make an adequate offer of proof of evidence he wished to present concerning the victim’s past drug use. We affirm.

On May 31, 2003, the victim, M.H., was fifty-three years old and lived with her mother in Kansas City. After attending a friend’s funeral, she bought a half-pint of vodka and went to a park shelter to drink it. While M.H. was drinking in the shelter, Childs approached her,…