George L. Fuller v. Michael Bowersox and Jeremiah (Jay) Nixon, Attorney General, State of Missouri

MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.

In 1991, a state court jury convicted George Fuller of murder, assault, and armed criminal action for events surrounding the death of one man and the wounding of another. A Missouri appellate court affirmed the convictions. See State v. Fuller, 837 S.W.2d 304 (Mo.Ct.App.1992).

A year later, Mr. Fuller petitioned the state trial court for postconviction review under the state rule then in effect. The trial court denied the petition as untimely. Mr. Fuller filed a pro se notice of appeal of that denial in the trial court but never paid a docket fee or…