Flowers v. State

Movant Connie Lynn Flowers on April 10, 1990, filed a motion for postconviction relief invoking Rule 27.26 (now repealed). The motion presents the following background. She was convicted of having committed murder in the first degree by killing James Bundy in February of 1977. Section 559.005 RSMo Supp.1975 (repealed). She was sentenced to life imprisonment without parole for fifty years. Her conviction was *315affirmed on appeal. State v. Flowers, 592 S.W.2d 167 (Mo. banc 1979). On November 1, 1982, movant filed her initial motion for postconviction relief. The motion was denied following an…