MERCER v. ARMONTROUT

No. 81-0977-CV-W-5.

643 F.Supp. 1021 (1986)

George MERCER, Petitioner, v. Bill ARMONTROUT, Warden, Missouri State Penitentiary, Respondent.

United States District Court, W.D. Missouri, W.D.

September 15, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cenobio Lozano, Jr., Harrisonville, Mo., for petitioner.

John Morris, Asst. Atty. Gen., Office of Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, Mo., for respondent.


ORDER

SCOTT O. WRIGHT, Chief Judge.

Pending for decision in this Court is petitioner George Mercer's application for habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioner is in the custody of the Missouri State Penitentiary, pursuant to a conviction of capital murder on November 9, 1979 in the Greene County Circuit Court. The petitioner was subsequently sentenced to death.

Petitioner appealed directly to the Missouri Supreme Court, which affirmed...

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