DARREN S. SMITH II, Movant-Appellant v. STATE OF MISSOURI, Respondent-Respondent.

Darren Smith (“Movant”) appeals the denial of his Rule 24.035 motion for post-conviction relief alleging ineffective assistance of counsel. 1 Movant claims that the motion court clearly erred in overruling his motion because plea counsel failed to act as a reasonably competent attorney when he advised Movant to delay acceptance of a plea offer without advising Mov-ant that the plea offer could be withdrawn at any time. We do not reach the issue of whether plea counsel failed to advise Mov-ant as alleged because even if so, the motion court’s finding that Movant was not prejudiced by that…