Missouri’s Court of Appeals spent Thursday weighing whether the state can unravel the ruling that freed Christopher Dunn from prison in 2024. A St. Louis judge had tossed Dunn’s 1991 conviction in the killing of 15-year-old Ricco Rogers after concluding the original eyewitness testimony was too unreliable to support the verdict. Now the appeals court will decide whether Dunn stays free or is sent back behind bars.
Appeals Court Hears The State’s Push
Oral arguments unfolded Thursday as the Missouri Attorney General’s Office pressed to restore Dunn’s convictions, according to St. Louis Public Radio. The hearing follows months of legal back-and-forth that has pushed the case up and down Missouri’s courts.
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