CHRISTA E. MUELLER v. STATE OF MISSOURI

CHRISTA E. MUELLER, ) ) Appellant, ) ) No. SD37128 vs. ) ) Filed: July 5, 2022 STATE OF MISSOURI, ) ) Respondent. ) APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF PHELPS COUNTY Honorable William E. Hickle, Judge AFFIRMED Christa Mueller appeals the denial of her Rule 29.151 motion for postconviction relief. We affirm because the motion court did not clearly err in finding trial counsel’s election not to request a cautionary jury instruction was strategic and objectively unreasonable. Background A jury found Mueller guilty of first-degree assault on her young daughter, who suffered horrific abuse resulting…