Wadlow v. State

In 2011, a jury found Daniel Boone Wadlow (“Movant”) guilty of statutory sodomy in the first degree, and the trial court imposed a life-sentence. See section 566.062.1 We affirmed Defendant’s judgment of conviction and sentence on direct appeal in State v. Wadlow, 370 S.W.3d 315, 323 (Mo. App. S.D. 2012).

Movant now appeals the subsequent denial, after an evidentiary hearing, of his amended Rule 29.15 post-conviction motion to vacate his conviction and sentence (“the amended motion”)—a decision we review to determine whether the findings of fact and conclusions of law supporting the decision…