ST. LOUIS — A judge on Thursday set a date to consider overturning the 1991 murder conviction of Christopher Dunn, a Ƶ man who said he is innocent.
The hearing is set to take place on May 20. The court will hear evidence from Dunn's original trial and other court proceedings from the time.
Ƶ Circuit Attorney Gabe Gore filed a motion in February to vacate Dunn's conviction.
Dunn was accused of fatally shooting 15-year-old Ricco Rogers on May 18, 1990, in the Wells-Goodfellow neighborhood. He was 18 years old at the time.
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After a trial that lasted a day and a half the following year, Dunn was convicted of first-degree murder, first-degree assault and armed criminal action the following year.
The conviction relied on testimony from two children who later recanted. The jury deliberated for just 42 minutes, according to Gore's motion.
Gore said his office found experts who could debunk the eyewitness testimony, as well as evidence about Dunn's alibi for the night of the killing.
The Missouri Attorney General's Office has the authority to oppose the motion. The office did oppose the ultimately successful effort to free Lamar Johnson, who spent nearly three decades in prison for a murder he did not commit.
Lawyers with the attorney general's office were present at Thursday's status hearing but did not say if they would oppose Dunn's freedom.