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Criminal Law: Post-Conviction Relief-Finality Of Judgment
Staff Report//November 26, 2018
Where a motion court resolved a defendant’s claims of ineffective assistance of trial counsel but did not make findings of fact or conclusions of law as to the defendant’s claims regarding his appellate counsel, the appeal must be dismissed for lack of a final judgment.
Appeal is dismissed.
McAllister v. State (MLW No. 72339/Case No. ED106194 – 3 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, James M. Dowd, J.) Appealed from circuit court, St. Louis County, Vincent III, J. (Alexandria Shah for appellant) (Richard A. Starnes for respondent).
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