KEIGHTLEY v. State

DANIEL E. SCOTT, Chief Judge.

Appellant (“Movant”) was charged with statutory rape and two counts of statutory sodomy, found guilty on all counts, sentenced as a persistent offender, and lost his direct appeal. See State v. Keightley, 147 S.W.3d 179 (Mo.App.2004). His Rule 29.15 post-conviction motion, alleging ineffective assistance of counsel, was denied after an evidentiary hearing. Movant appeals, claiming that his trial counsel should have objected to an allegedly improper closing argument (Point I), and missed opportunities to show additional inconsistencies in the victim’s statements…