{"disclaimer":"This is a summary of public court records and is not legal advice. Missouri slip opinions may be modified or withdrawn; consult the official source.","party":{"slug":"ernest-engles","displayName":"ERNEST ENGLES","totalCases":1},"cases":[{"caseId":"moappsd:sd36925:2021-07-19","opinionId":"1a295c97-e85c-5782-8f76-a78fa36c6e9a","slug":"ernest-engles-appellant-v-state-of-missouri-respondent-d36925","caseName":"ERNEST ENGLES, Appellant\nvs.\nSTATE OF MISSOURI, Respondent","caseNumber":"SD36925","court":"moappsd","courtLabel":"Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District","decisionDate":"2021-07-19","year":2021,"display_summary":"Ernest Engles appealed the motion court's denial of his Rule 29.15 motion for post-conviction relief, asserting ineffective assistance of trial and appellate counsel and a due process violation. Engles claimed trial counsel failed to object to the prosecutor's closing argument and appellate counsel failed to raise the issue on direct appeal. The appellate court affirmed the denial, finding that trial counsel's decision was a strategic and non-meritorious objection, appellate counsel was not ineffective for failing to raise non-meritorious claims, and the due process claim was not cognizable in a Rule 29.15 proceeding.","primaryTopic":"criminal-procedure","topicSlugs":["criminal-procedure","appellate-procedure"],"outcomeNorm":"affirmed","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=178875","detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/ernest-engles-appellant-v-state-of-missouri-respondent-d36925","relatedPracticeAreas":[{"slug":"criminal-law","label":"Criminal Law","href":"/practice-areas/criminal-law","score":36,"source":"tag","evidence":["tag: criminal-law","topic: criminal-procedure","text: state of missouri","text: conviction"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/criminal-law"},{"slug":"litigation","label":"Civil Litigation","href":"/practice-areas/litigation","score":12,"source":"topic","evidence":["topic: appellate-procedure"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/litigation"}],"role":"appellant"}]}