Mercer v. State

GARY W. LYNCH, Judge.

Richard S. Mercer (“Movant”) appeals the denial of his Rule 29.15 1 motion for post-conviction relief, which sought to va cate his convictions for second-degree statutory rape and incest. Movant contends that the motion court clearly erred in finding that trial counsel was not ineffective for objecting to testimony the State attempted to elicit from an investigating detective on the issue of findings contained in a report of a sexual abuse forensic examination of the victim. Finding no such error, we affirm the motion court’s judgment denying Movant’s motion.

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