John B. Long v. Bill Armontrout

John B. Long, a Missouri prisoner, appeals from a final order entered in the United States District Court 1 for the Western District of Missouri, dismissing his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition for writ of habeas corpus. For reversal, Long argues that (1) the state court’s delay in ruling on his petition for post-conviction relief constituted a denial of due process, (2) his counsel was ineffective in failing to inform him that the victim had died and in misinforming him about the range of punishment, (3) his guilty plea was involuntary because of his lack of understanding as to the range of…