Crawford v. State

NANCY STEFFEN RAHMEYER, Chief Judge.

Robert E. Crawford (“Movant”) was convicted by a jury of statutory rape in the second degree and sentenced to a term of four years imprisonment within the Missouri Department of Corrections. Movant filed an amended Rule 29.15 1 motion, contending he was denied effective assistance of counsel because his appellate counsel failed to appeal the trial court’s admission of an edited videotape of an interview with Movant when he was arrested. The motion court denied Movant’s motion without an evidentiary hearing, which Movant now argues was clearly error. We…