WALKER v. STATE (2021)

Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District.

Anthony W. WALKER, Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent.

WD 83913

Decided: August 31, 2021

Before Division Two: Thomas N. Chapman, Presiding Judge, and Karen King Mitchell and Anthony Rex Gabbert, Judges

Amy M. Bartholow, Assistant Public Defender, Columbia, MO, Attorney for Appellant. Eric S. Schmitt, Attorney General, and Richard A. Starnes, Assistant Attorney General, Jefferson City, MO, Attorneys for Respondent.

Order

Anthony Walker appeals, following an evidentiary hearing, the denial of his Rule 29.15 motion for post-conviction relief. Walker raises a single claim on appeal; he argues that trial counsel provided ineffective assistance in failing to investigate and elicit all of Walker's prior convictions during Walker's direct examination at trial. He claims he was prejudiced by counsel's failure in that the State was able to impeach Walker's credibility during cross-examination with five more convictions than the three Walker admitted on direct examination. Finding no error, we affirm. Rule 84.16(b).

Per Curiam:

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