William T. Duston, Prosecutor
On December 1, 2021, Judge Eric Eighmy dismissed a post conviction relief filing from John Dewell Davidson asking that his ten year conviction for First Degree Burglary and Stealing be overturned. Davidson received the sentence after pleading guilty in February of 2021 to burglarizing a property in Bradleyville, Missouri, in 2017. In an unrelated case,…
On Monday, February 3, 2020, Taney County Circuit Court Judge Jeff Merrell sentenced Ryan D. Pulley, d/o/b 8-12-1985, to a total of thirty (30) years in prison on two class B felonies of 2nd degree child molestation, involving a child less than 12 years old. Pulley was sentenced to fifteen (15) years on each count,…