Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District / Oct 29, 2024
Choeye Young, Appellant, v. State of Missouri, Respondent.
Cheoye Young appealed the denial of his Rule 29.15 amended motion for post-conviction relief from a first-degree robbery conviction. Young claimed his trial counsel was ineffective for failing to call an eyewitness identification expert and for not requesting a lesser-included offense instruction for stealing. The motion court denied relief, finding counsel's actions were reasonable trial strategy. The appellate court affirmed the motion court's judgment, concluding that counsel was not ineffective as her strategy was reasonable and the expert testimony would have been cumulative or futile.