Bruner v. State

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Gernon, J.:

This appeal from the denial of a K.S.A. 60-1507 motion centers on whether a court is required to order DNA testing if the criteria in K.S.A. 2003 Supp. 21-2512 are shown.

John D. Bruner s wife’s decomposed body was found in the Arkansas River near Wichita in May 1979. She had been missing for 2 months.

The evidence against Bruner was circumstantial and included Bruner’s inconsistent versions of events, his cancellation of the missing person report, his previous physical abuse against his wife coupled with threats of killing her, and his…