CORY D. JONES, Movant-Appellant v. STATE OF MISSOURI, Respondent-Respondent

CORY D. JONES, ) ) Movant-Appellant, ) ) v. ) No. SD36913 ) Filed: November 23, 2021 STATE OF MISSOURI, ) ) Respondent-Respondent. ) APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF WAYNE COUNTY Honorable Megan K. Seay, Circuit Judge AFFIRMED Cory Jones (Jones) appeals from an order denying his amended Rule 24.035 motion to set aside his conviction for first-degree murder, for which he received a sentence of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. See § 565.020.1 Because the motion court’s decision to deny relief after an evidentiary hearing was not clearly erroneous, we affirm. Jones bore the…