Legal Opinion

Howell v. State

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided January 24, 2012No. WD 71772PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

JAMES M. SMART, JR., Judge.

Charles Howell appeals the denial of his Rule 29.15 motion for post-conviction relief after an evidentiary hearing. On appeal, he raises a claim of ineffective assistance of appellate counsel. We affirm.

Factual and Procedural Background

In May 2003, Charles Howell was charged by a grand jury indictment in the Circuit Court of Cass County with the class A felony of robbery in the first degree and armed criminal action. The charges stemmed from Howell’s involvement in the robbery of a Pizza Hut restaurant in July 2002. In May 2004, Howell was convicted following a jury…

2Cases cited27 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Wheat v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
  3. Smith v. MurraySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  4. United States v. Gonzalez-LopezSupreme Court of the United States · 2006
  5. United States v. John VoigtCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1996

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3Cited by9 opinions

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