BAUMRUK v. State

ZEL M. FISCHER, Judge.

This is an appeal from the St. Charles County circuit court’s judgment overruling Kenneth Baumruk’s Rule 29.15 motion for post-conviction relief. This Court previously affirmed Baumruk’s guilty verdict on one count of first degree murder and his sentence of death. See State v. Baumruk, 280 S.W.3d 600 (Mo. banc 2009) (Baumruk III).

After that appeal, Baumruk filed a Rule 29.15 pro se motion for post-conviction relief, and appointed counsel later filed an amended motion. An evidentiary hearing was held on most, but not all, of the claims set forth by the motion. After the…