Legal Opinion

CURTIS SHORE v. STATE OF MISSOURI

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided October 17, 2014No. SD33021Published

1Opinion of the Court

WILLIAM W. FRANCIS, JR., C.J./P.J.

Curtis Shore (“Shore”) appeals the motion court’s denial of his Rule 29.15 1 motion, following an evidentiary hearing, on the basis the motion court clearly erred in denying his claim of ineffective assistance of trial counsel. We affirm the judgment of the motion court.

Factual and Procedural Background

We set forth only those facts necessary to complete our review. In doing so, we view the evidence in the light most favorable to the motion court’s judgment. McCauley v. State, 380 S.W.3d 657, 659 (Mo.App.S.D.2012).

Shore was tried before a jury on September 14…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Johnson v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 2013
  3. Walter Barton v. State of MissouriSupreme Court of Missouri · 2014
  4. Forrest v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 2009
  5. McCauley v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 2012

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