Woodworth Wants Attorney General Off Case

COLUMBIA, MO — A Chillicothe man whose murder conviction in the 1990 slaying of a rural neighbor was recently overturned wants the state Supreme Court to remove the Attorney General’s Office from the case. Mark Woodworth is asking the high court to prevent Attorney General Chris Koster from putting Woodworth on trial for a third time. He is serving a life sentence in the fatal shooting of Cathy Robertson. Woodworth was 16 when the wife of his father’s business partner was killed. Lyndel Robertson survived the attack. In a 6-0 decision, the court ruled in early January that two former state prosecutors, including future Missouri congressman Kenny Hulshof, failed to share evidence that could have benefited Woodworth’s defense. The ruling followed a similar conclusion by a Boone County judge who also recommended review by an independent prosecutor.