A judge said a southeast Missouri man convicted of murder for the 2000 killing of a woman should be exonerated.
The Southeast Missourian reported Judge Darrell Missey issued his report Friday in the case of David Robinson, who was convicted of first-degree murder in the shooting death of Sheila Box in Sikeston. The judge was appointed by the Missouri Supreme Court to make a recommendation as part of the high court's review of Robinson's conviction. It's unclear how long it will take the Supreme Court to rule.
The judge said police and a former assistant attorney general who tried the case "knowingly presented false testimony" and "failed to take any steps to correct that false testimony."
Robinson is serving a life sentence, although another man has since confessed to the killing, and two witnesses have recanted. No physical evidence ties Robinson to the murder. Robinson said he was framed.