Andrew Luke Lemasters v. State of Missouri

SUPREME COURT OF MISSOURI en banc ANDREW LUKE LEMASTERS, ) Opinion issued April 28, 2020 ) Appellant, ) ) v. ) No. SC97878 ) STATE OF MISSOURI, ) ) ) Respondent. ) APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF NEWTON COUNTY The Honorable Timothy W. Perigo, Judge Andrew Lemasters appeals the judgment overruling his Rule 29.15 postconviction motion seeking to vacate his felony statutory sodomy conviction under section 566.062.1 He claims the motion court erred in failing to adjudicate one claim and in denying another claim of ineffective assistance of trial counsel. Before considering Mr. Lemasters’s claims…