Clifford S. Miller v. Mike Kemna, Superintendent Jeremiah (Jay) Nixon, Attorney General of the State of Missouri

Clifford S. Miller shot a woman while abducting her, raped her at gunpoint, and struck her in the head with his gun. The woman later identified Miller as her attacker and after a trial, a Missouri jury convicted him of forcible sodomy, assault, kidnaping, and armed criminal action. Miller filed a motion for postconviction relief, see Mo.S.Ct.R. 29.15, and the Missouri trial court denied the motion. In a consolidated proceeding, the Missouri Court of Appeals affirmed both Miller’s conviction on direct appeal and the denial of postconviction relief. See State v. Miller, 935 S.W.2d 618, 619…