Hicks v. Pettigrew

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI EASTERN DIVISION NATHAN LEROY HICKS, ) ) Petitioner, ) ) v. ) No. 4:23-cv-00384-MTS ) SHAWN PETTIGREW, ) ) Respondent. ) MEMORANDUM AND ORDER This matter comes before the Court on review of petitioner Nathan Leroy Hicks’s amended

28 U.S.C. § 2254

petition for writ of habeas corpus. Docket [8]. For the reasons discussed below, the petition will be denied and dismissed. Background Following a jury trial on April 21, 1992, petitioner was convicted of one count of forcible rape and one count of forcible sodomy. State of Missouri v. Hicks,…