Richard v. Cooper v. State of Missouri

IN THE MISSOURI COURT OF APPEALS WESTERN DISTRICT RICHARD V. COOPER, ) ) Appellant, ) ) v. ) WD82926 ) STATE OF MISSOURI, ) Opinion filed: February 16, 2021 ) ) Respondent. ) APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI THE HONORABLE S. MARGENE BURNETT, JUDGE Division Two: W. Douglas Thomson, Presiding Judge, Lisa White Hardwick, Judge and Edward R. Ardini, Jr., Judge Richard V. Cooper appeals from the Circuit Court of Jackson County’s denial of his Rule 24.035 motion after an evidentiary hearing. In his first two points on appeal, Cooper contends that the motion court clearly…