Opinion ID: 1369544
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 6

Heading: Ms. Miller

Text: Ms. Miller, a forensic social worker, testified in the 1993 post-conviction hearing. She would have testified that Storey's behavior was due to a poor environment beginning with his mother drinking while she was pregnant with Storey. The evidence that would support her testimony are the abuses and differences between Storey's brother, Keith's, upbringing and Storey's upbringing. Counsel testified that she knew that Ms. Miller had been rejected as an expert in a prior case. State v. Brown, 998 S.W.2d 531, 549 (Mo. banc 1999). Trial counsel also testified that she had some conversations that had caused me a little bit of concern, that I felt like she had some very strong opinions about this case and how it should be handled. She then testified, It was my feeling and I think Dave Kenyon agreed that we wanted to get many of those stories told, but we wanted to have them told through people who were actually part of the stories. . . . The motion court found that the 1993 PCR hearing court clearly found Ms. Miller's testimony to be flawed and not persuasive. The `report' she issued was flawed. She was subject to cross-examination about these flaws.