Turner v. Wyrick

MEMORANDUM

NANGLE, District Judge.

James Turner, Jr. filed this petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioner was convicted in the St. Louis Circuit Court of five counts of illegal sales of a controlled substance. Petitioner contends that he is entitled to relief herein because the state failed to disclose the identity of an informant who had arranged the sale between petitioner and two undercover police officers, and because petitioner was subject to multiple punishment in violation of his right not to be put in double jeopardy. This matter was referred to a…