Putney v. State

GARY M. GAERTNER, Presiding Judge.

Appellant, William Putney, appeals from the denial of his Rule 27.26 motion after an evidentiary hearing. We affirm.

Appellant pled guilty to first degree murder on November 19, 1986, in the brutal killing of a church secretary with whom he worked, Karen Moss. Appellant was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of probation or parole. Prior to his plea of guilty, the Missouri Department of Mental Health conducted a thorough mental examination of appellant and concluded that he was not suffering from a mental disease or defect at the time of the…