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SANDERS v. WYRICK

No. 80-1711.

640 F.2d 186 (1981)

Walter Lee SANDERS, Appellant, v. Donald W. WYRICK, Warden, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

February 18, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Dye, Jr., Wunderlich, Dye & Brown, St. Louis, Mo., for appellant.

John Ashcroft, Atty. Gen., John M. Morris, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, Mo., for appellee.

Before BRIGHT, Circuit Judge, GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge, and HENLEY, Circuit Judge.

PER CURIAM.

Walter Lee Sanders appeals the denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus to release him from imprisonment in the state of Missouri. We affirm the District Court's1 denial of relief.

On April 26, 1974, Sanders was convicted by a jury of statutory rape. Under Missouri's Second Offender Act he was sentenced to twenty-five years' imprisonment. His conviction was affirmed on direct appeal to the state appellate...

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