Bowers v. Norman

EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI EASTERN DIVISION JARED BOWERS, ) ) Petitioner, ) ) vs. ) Case No. 4:17 CV 2790 ACL ) JEFF NORMAN, ) ) Respondent. ) MEMORANDUM AND ORDER This matter is before the Court on the Petition of Jared Bowers for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. I. Procedural History Bowers is currently incarcerated at the South Central Correctional Center in Licking, Missouri, pursuant to the sentence and judgment of the Circuit Court of St. Louis County, Missouri. (Doc. 10-1 at p. 15.) On March 30, 2015, Bowers pleaded guilty to second-degree murder, two counts of…