Sanders v. State

COVINGTON, Judge.

A jury convicted movant Clennell Sanders, a/k/a Clenell Sandies, of murder in the first degree. After the jury was unable to agree on punishment, the trial court sentenced movant to death. State v. Sandles, 740 S.W.2d 169 (Mo. banc 1987), cert. denied, 485 U.S. 993, 108 S.Ct. 1303, 99 L.Ed.2d 513 (1988). Movant now appeals the denial of his Rule 29.15 motion without evidentiary hearing. The cause is reversed and remanded.

This case presents a claim of counsel’s failure to file a timely amended motion as required by Rule 29.15(f), 1 Sanders filed a pro se motion for…