Stiers v. State

JOSEPH M. ELLIS, Judge.

Robert Stiers (“Appellant”) appeals from the denial of his Rule 29.15 motion for post-conviction relief following an evi-dentiary hearing. In relevant part, Appellant alleged that trial counsel was ineffective for failing to request a jury instruction on defense of person or defense of property and failing to request an instruction on the lesser-included offense of false imprisonment. For the following reasons, we reverse the decision of the motion court.

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