Cooper v. Holden

William Cooper appeals the trial court’s grant of the motion of respondents, Holden, 1 Kempker, Agniel, Lock, Loethen, White, and Byrd (hereinafter referred to as “the State”), for judgment on the pleadings and denial of the petition for declaratory judgment. We affirm.

Factual Background

Cooper is currently serving a life sentence for murder in the second degree. He was sentenced in Jackson County in 1981. His sentence was upheld by this court in State v. Cooper, 660 S.W.2d 184 (Mo.App.1983), as was the denial of his Rule 27.26 motion in Cooper v. State, 784 S.W.2d 621 (Mo.App.1990).

On January…