Frederick Barnes v. State of Missouri

Introduction

Appellant Frederick Barnes (“Barnes”) appeals from the judgment of the motion court denying his Rule 29.15 1 motion for post-conviction relief without an evidentia-ry hearing. A jury convicted Barnes of one count of murder in the first degree, and the trial court sentenced Barnes to life in prison without the possibility of probation or parole. This Court affirmed Barnes’s conviction and sentence on direct appeal in State v. Barnes, 384 S.W.3d 298 (Mo.App.E.D.2012). Barnes then timely filed a rule Rule 29.15 motion for post-conviction relief alleging, inter alia, that appellate…