STEPHENS v. WYRICK

No. 81-1137.

659 F.2d 94 (1981)

Kenneth STEPHENS, Appellant, v. Donald WYRICK, Warden, Missouri State Penitentiary, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided September 14, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald L. Davis, Kansas City, Mo., for appellant.

John Ashcroft, Atty. Gen., Kristie Green, Asst. Atty. Gen., argued, Jefferson City, Mo., for appellee.

Before ROSS, Circuit Judge, GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge, and ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.


ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from the District Court's1 denial of Kenneth Stephens's petition for writ of habeas corpus filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254.

On September 1, 1977, Stephens entered a guilty plea to two counts of armed robbery and was sentenced to two 20-year terms of imprisonment, to run concurrently. At the time of sentencing Stephens also had six years of a sentence left to serve from a previous...

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