Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District / Date unavailable
Miguel Torres vs. State of Missouri
Miguel Torres appealed the motion court's denial of his Rule 29.15 motion for post-conviction relief, alleging ineffective assistance of trial counsel. Torres claimed counsel was ineffective for failing to object to certain terms in jury instructions, failing to offer a lesser-included offense instruction for one count, and failing to object to an investigator's testimony. The appellate court affirmed the motion court's judgment, finding no clear error in its determination that Torres failed to prove either deficient performance or prejudice under the Strickland test for ineffective assistance of counsel.