LENZA v. WYRICK

No. 81-1097.

665 F.2d 804 (1981)

Michael LENZA, Appellant, v. Donald W. WYRICK, Warden; Attorney General of the State of Missouri, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided December 2, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gray & Ritter, Paul J. Passanante, argued, St. Louis, Mo., for appellant.

John Ashcroft, Atty. Gen., Jerry Short, Asst. Atty. Gen., argued, Jefferson City, Mo., for appellees.

Before LAY, Chief Judge, and STEPHENSON and McMILLIAN, Circuit Judges.


McMILLIAN, Circuit Judge.

Michael Lenza appeals from the final judgment entered in the District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri1 denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Lenza was convicted by a jury of murder in the second degree in violation of Mo.Rev.Stat. § 559.020 (1969) in the Circuit Court of St. Louis County, Missouri, and sentenced to life imprisonment pursuant to Mo.Rev...

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