style knife that he had stolen from his business partner. When Echols arrived at the club, he attacked Mr. Nichols with a billy club and stabbed him 61 times in the head and back. Echols told Bailey that Mr. Nichols had been killed, but Echols blamed the killing on a robber. Bailey was suspicious of Echols’s story and contacted the police after he realized that his knife was missing and that it was possibly the murder weapon. The police questioned Echols, searched his home, and discovered the knife and Echols's bloody clothing. 3 . While the escape must have an impact on the administration of justice before the escape rule may be applied, the court is not required to make an explicit finding on the record before applying the rule. See Laws v. State, 183 S.W.3d 629, 634 (Mo.App.2006) (<HOLDING>). 4 . The recognized justifications for the
holding that a claim is proeedurally barred where it was not raised in the defendants motion for postconviction relief holding that the defendants motion for discharge was premature and thus properly denied by the trial court holding that there was no error where the motion court denied the defendants motion for postconviction relief without an express finding that the defendants escape impacted the criminal justice system holding that a motion to continue a hearing on a postjudgment motion was ineffective to extend the period for the trial court to rule on the motion absent the express consent of the parties holding that where the trial court implicitly denied the defendants motion to suppress but neither expressly denied the motion nor explained its ruling claim of error could not be reviewed