LAY, Circuit Judge.
The petitioner, Walter Russell, appeals from the denial of a writ of habeas corpus by the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri. Petitioner challenges his 1959 state conviction of forcible rape, resulting from a plea of guilty in the Circuit Court of Cooper County, Missouri. Petitioner was 17½ years old at the time of the crime.
The district court in a thorough review of the law and petitioner's claim denied...
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