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TURNER v. WYRICK

No. 78-1431.

594 F.2d 1207 (1979)

James TURNER, Jr., Appellant, v. Donald W. WYRICK, Warden, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided March 8, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Reed Johnston, Jr., Peper, Martin, Jensen, Maichel & Hetlage, St. Louis, Mo., for appellant.

Robert L. Presson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, Mo., for appellee; John D. Ashcroft, Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, Mo., on brief.

Before GIBSON, Chief Judge, and ROSS and McMILLIAN, Circuit Judges.

ROSS, Circuit Judge.

In this case Turner challenges the district court's1 denial of a petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. Appellant contends that even where the state possesses no reasonable leads it has an obligation to conduct an investigation in order to identify an "informant." We affirm the district court's denial of the petition.

Appellant was convicted of five counts of sale of a...

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