Shockley v. State

PHILLIP R. GARRISON, Presiding Judge.

Thomas Shockley (“Appellant”) appeals from the denial of his Rule 29.15 1 motion for post-conviction relief in which he claims that he was denied effective assistance of both trial and appellate counsel. We affirm.

Appellant and his girlfriend, Janie Eas-ling (“Easling”), became stranded in North Carolina during 2000 without a car. Nancy Loudermilk (“Loudermilk”), Easling’s aunt, went to North Carolina and brought them back to Dixon, Missouri, where they began living in a mobile home on Louder-milk’s property. Eunice Blythe (“Blythe”), Loudermilk’s daughter…