HUNTER, BERT L.
General Information
DOB: March 7, 1947
Race: White
Gender: Male
County of conviction: St. Louis City
Number of counts: Two
Race of victim: White
Gender of victim: Male/female
Date of crime: December 15, 1988
Date of sentencing: February 16, 1990
Date of execution: June 28, 2000
Legal status:
Trial Counsel:Last counsel of record:
Cheryl A. Rafert
P.O. Box 19763
St. Louis, MO 63144
314-963-9697
Leo N. Griffard, Jr.
P.O. Box 170199
Boise, ID 83717-0199
Last judicial decision:
--Petition for writ of habeas corpus and application for stay of execution (filed under U.S. Supreme Court's original jurisdiction) denied by In re Hunter, 530 U.S. 1270 (2000).
Reported Opinions:
--Denial of post-conviction relief affirmed by State v. Hunter, 840 S.W.2d 850 (Mo. banc 1992), cert. denied, 509 U.S. 926 (1993).
--Denial of habeas reversed and remanded for further proceedings by Hunter v. Delo, 62 F.3d 271 (8th Cir. 1995).
--Denial of habeas (following remand) affirmed by Hunter v. Bowersox, 172 F.3d 1016 (8th Cir. 1999), cert. denied, 528 U.S. 1140 (2000).
--Petition for writ of habeas corpus and application for stay of execution (filed under U.S. Supreme Court's original jurisdiction) denied by In re Hunter, 530 U.S. 1270 (2000).
Significant legal issues:
--voluntariness of guilty plea and discharge of counsel, in light of severe depression triggered by Mr. Hunter's lengthy solitary confinement and withdrawal from cocaine
--competence to stand trial