Teaster v. State

Following a jury trial, Appellant was convicted of driving while intoxicated and sentenced as a prior and persistent offender, to ten years in the Missouri Department of Corrections. Appellant filed an amended post-conviction motion seeking relief under Rule 29.15, claiming ineffective assistance of trial counsel. The hearing court denied the motion without an evidentiary hearing.

In his sole point on appeal, Appellant argues that the hearing court clearly erred in failing to grant an evidentiary hearing. Appellant alleges that since no other testimony was presented by the defense at trial, an…