Bonner v. State

This is a companion case to Horace W. Bonner, Jr. v. State, 535 S.W.2d 289 (Mo.Ct. of App., St. Louis District) and Kevin Dean v. State, 535 S.W.2d 301 (Mo.Ct. of App., St. Louis District) which are being handed down simultaneously with this opinion. Facts common to all these cases have been more fully set out in the case of Horace W. Bonner, Jr.

Movant, Charles Bonner, his brother, Horace Bonner and Kevin Dean entered pleas of guilty to two counts of murder second degree, one count of assault with intent to kill with malice and one count of forcible rape. Upon the recommendation of the…