Woodson v. State

PHILLIP R. GARRISON, Judge.

James L. Woodson (“Movant”) appeals the denial of his Rule 29.151 motion for post-conviction relief. Movant alleges that his trial counsel was ineffective in failing to file a written motion for continuance, failing to make a punctual review of the State’s discovery, and failing to suppress a witness identification of Movant. We affirm.

We affirmed Movant’s convictions on direct appeal in State v. Woodson, 140 S.W.3d 621 (Mo.App. S.D.2004). We recite facts from that opinion without further citation.

On August 19, 1999, Shannon Shipman (“Shannon”) and his brother,…