Gilmore v. State

SIMON, Presiding Judge.

Movant, George C. Gilmore, appeals the denial of his Rule 27.26 motion without an evidentiary hearing. We affirm.

Movant was convicted by a jury of capital murder and was sentenced to death. Our Supreme Court affirmed the conviction on direct appeal in State v. Gilmore, 697 S.W.2d 172 (Mo. banc 1985), cert. denied, 476 U.S. 1178, 106 S.Ct. 2906, 90 L.Ed.2d 992 (1986). Movant filed a pro se Rule 27.26 motion. His appointed counsel filed an amended motion on movant’s behalf.

The motion court issued its findings of fact and conclusions of law which denied the motion without…