Alonzo Ruff pleaded guilty in the Circuit Court of Jackson County to one count of murder in the second degree, three counts of assault in the first degree, one count of robbery in the first degree, and five counts of armed criminal action. Ruff filed a motion for post-conviction relief under Supreme Court Rule 24.035, which the circuit court denied following an evidentiary hearing. Ruff appeals. He asserts that his counsel was ineffective because counsel failed to present mitigating evidence at the sentencing hearing concerning Ruff's adolescence, and the state of his brain development given his age. We affirm. Because a published opinion would have no precedential value, we have provided the parties an unpublished memorandum setting forth the reasons for this order. Rule 84.16(b).
Ruff v. State, 560 S.W.3d 2 (2018)
July 17, 2018
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Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District
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WD 80062
560 S.W.3d 2
Alonzo D. RUFF, Appellant,
v.
STATE of Missouri, Respondent.
WD 80062
Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District.
Filed: July 17, 2018
Motion for Rehearing and/or Transfer to Supreme Court Denied August 28, 2018
Application for Transfer Denied December 4, 2018
Natalie H. Hoge, Kansas City for appellant
Daniel N. McPherson, Jefferson City for respondent
Before Division Two: Karen King Mitchell, P.J., and Alok Ahuja and Edward R. Ardini, Jr., JJ.
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