Legal Opinion
Walter Barton v. State of Missouri
Supreme Court of Missouri
Decided May 13, 2014No. SC93371PublishedCited by 110 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ZEL M. FISCHER, Judge.
This is an appeal from a Cass County circuit court judgment overruling Walter Barton’s Rule 29.15 motion for post-conviction relief after his conviction and sentence to death for the 1991 murder of Gladys Kuehler.
Because Barton was sentenced to death, this Court has jurisdiction over his appeal. Mo. Const, art. V, sec. 10; Order of June 16,1988.
Factual and Procedural Background
Gladys Kuehler was found dead in her home in 1991. An autopsy revealed that Kuehler was stabbed more than 50 times, including through her open right eye, 11 times in the left side of the chest,…
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