Becker v. State

LAWRENCE E. MOONEY, Presiding Judge.

The movant appeals the denial, without an evidentiary hearing, of his Rule 29.15 motion for post-conviction relief. Following his conviction by a jury in the Circuit Court of Washington County, the trial court entered judgment against the mov-ant for first-degree statutory sodomy, in violation of section 566.062 RSMo. (2000), 1 sentencing him to life in prison. On appeal, the movant claims that the motion court clearly erred because his trial counsel was ineffective in failing to request a lesser-included jury instruction for first-degree child molestation.…