Chaney v. State

SHRUM, Presiding Judge.

Timothy Chaney (“Movant”) appeals a judgment denying his Rule 29.15 motion for post-conviction relief from his conviction for murder in the first degree. 1 We affirm.

Movant was convicted by a jury of killing M.W. (“Victim”), a girl who was three weeks away from her thirteenth birthday. The trial judge sentenced him to death in accordance with the jury’s recommendation. The conviction was affirmed by the Supreme Court of Missouri in State v. Chaney, 967 S.W.2d 47 (Mo.banc 1998). It set aside the death sentence, however, and ordered the trial court to resentence Mov-ant…