Cone v. State

JOSEPH M. ELLIS, Judge.

William D. Cone appeals from the denial of his Rule 29.15 motion for post-conviction relief following an evidentiary hearing. For the following reasons, the judgment is affirmed.

Cone practiced psychiatry in West Plains, Missouri, from 1979 through 1994, when he lost his license, at the age of 70, after it was discovered that he had been having sexual relations with two of his patients. Also as a result of those patients’ allegations, on January 1997, Cone was charged with six counts of first degree sexual assault, § 566.040, and thirteen counts of first degree deviate…