10/27/92 State Missouri V. Bert L. Hunter

On March 28, 1989, defendant Bert Leroy Hunter was indicted on two counts of first degree murder, § 565.020.1, and one count of first degree robbery, § 569.020. *fn1 Although represented by counsel at all other relevant court proceedings, defendant was permitted to act as counsel pro se at a hearing on July 21, 1989. On that date he entered a plea of guilty to all three charges. On February 15, 1990, he was sentenced to death for the murders. Defendant was sentenced to life in prison for first degree robbery. He filed a post-conviction motion pursuant to Rule 24.035. That motion was overruled. Both judgments were appealed. The appeals have been consolidated. Because the trial court imposed the death penalty, this Court has jurisdiction. Mo. Const. art. V, § 3.