State v. Nyhuis

CRANDALL, Judge.

Defendant, Richard Nyhuis, appeals from a judgment of conviction, following a jury trial, for capital murder. He was sentenced to a term of life imprisonment without possibility of probation or parole for fifty years. Defendant also appeals from the denial of his Rule 29.15 motion following an evidentiary hearing. We affirm.

In November of 1988, skeletal human remains were discovered in a remote location at the S Bar F Boy Scout Ranch in St. Francois County. The victim had been buried in a shallow grave and covered by a white powdery substance which had originally been lime.

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