Joseph Barber v. State of Missouri

In the Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District DIVISION TWO JOSEPH BARBER, ) No. ED106123 ) Appellant, ) Appeal from the Circuit Court of ) the City of St. Louis vs. ) ) Honorable Mark H. Neill STATE OF MISSOURI, ) ) Respondent. ) Filed: February 26, 2019 Introduction Joseph Barber (“Movant”) appeals from the judgment denying his Rule 29.15 1 post- conviction relief motion. Because we do not have a sufficient record to review the motion court’s inquiry into abandonment, we reverse and remand for the motion court to make a sufficient record of the inquiry into abandonment. Factual and…