Kennedy v. State

HOLSTEIN, Judge.

Kourtney Jay Kennedy (“Movant”) appeals from a denial of post-conviction relief in a Rule 27.261 proceeding. In his motion, it is claimed that movant’s Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel was denied when his trial attorney failed to perfect an appeal from his conviction in the underlying case. Movant raises three points on appeal. Two points are interrelated. Movant claims the motion court applied the wrong standard by requiring him to prove that grounds existed which would have resulted in reversal on appeal. The second point is that the motion court…