No. WD70736.Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District.
February 16, 2010.
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cole County, Missouri, Patricia S. Joyce, Judge.
Mark A. Grothoff, Assistant State Public Defender, Columbia, MO, for Appellant.
Chris Koster, Attorney General, John M. Reeves, Assistant Attorney General, Jefferson City, MO, for Respondent.
Before Division III: JAMES EDWARD WELSH, Presiding Judge, and MARK D. PFEIFFER and KAREN KING MITCHELL, Judges.
Prior report: 252 S.W.3d 242.
Order
PER CURIAM.
This is an appeal from the denial of a Rule 29.15 motion for post-conviction relief after an evidentiary hearing in the Circuit Court of Cole County, Missouri (“motion court”). In his single point relied on, Appellant
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Charles E. Samuel (“Samuel”) claims that the motion court clearly erred in not granting his motion because Samuel’s two consecutive life sentences constitute cruel and unusual punishment in that they are grossly disproportionate to those of his more culpable co-defendants.
Affirmed. Rule 84.16(b).
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