Ballard v. State

Introduction

GARY M. GAERTNER, JR., Judge.

James Ballard (Movant) appeals from the motion court’s judgment denying his Missouri Rule of Criminal Procedure 29.151 motion for post-conviction relief after an evidentiary hearing. Movant claims his counsel was ineffective for failing to object to the State’s questions during Mov-ant’s cross-examination. We affirm.

Factual and Procedural Background

Movant was charged as a prior and persistent offender with one count of statutory sodomy in the first degree, two counts of endangering the welfare of a child in the first degree, one count of statutory…