John Childers v. State of Missouri

ROBERT G. DOWD, JR., Judge

John Childers appeals from the judgment denying his motion under Rule 29.15 after an evidentiary hearing. We affirm.

Childers was. convicted on one count of forcible rape after a jury trial. The crime occurred in 1988, but no suspect was ever found. In 2008, a cold case investigator obtained DNA from the rape kit, which ultimately resulted in a match with Child-ers. Childers went to trial in October of 2010, and his defense was that he had consensual sex with the victim. After the jury returned a guilty verdict, but before sentencing, a letter was filed with the trial…