Legal Opinion

Butler v. State

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided July 3, 2018No. WD 80572PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtKaren King Mitchell, Chief Judge

Lance Butler appeals, following an evidentiary hearing, the denial of his amended Rule 29.151 motion for post-conviction relief, in which he argued that his trial counsel was ineffective for failing to (1) object to impermissible prior bad acts and *430propensity evidence and (2) depose the State's witnesses. Although not raised in his amended motion, Butler now claims the judgment issued by the trial court contains a clerical error, and he asks this court to remand the case with instructions to issue a nunc pro tunc order. Finding no error, we affirm the motion court's denial of Butler's motion…

2Cases cited31 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. State v. TokarSupreme Court of Missouri · 1996
  3. State v. MillerSupreme Court of Missouri · 2012
  4. Morrow v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 2000
  5. Walter Barton v. State of MissouriSupreme Court of Missouri · 2014

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3Cited by5 opinions

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