Belcher v. State

ALOK AHUJA, Judge.

In 1989, Randy Belcher pled guilty in the Circuit Court of Livingston County to forcible rape for events that occurred in 1987. He was sentenced to life imprisonment. Belcher now appeals the circuit court’s denial, without an evidentiary hearing, of his pro se motion seeking post-conviction DNA testing pursuant to § 547.035. 1 We affirm.

Factual Background

On September 29, 1987, Belcher lured the victim, the fourteen-year-old female neighbor of Belcher’s mother, into Bel-cher’s mother’s home near Rushville and locked the door. State v. Belcher, 805 S.W.2d 245, 246 (Mo.App.…