Gerald Glenn Johnson v. Bill Armontrout

MAGILL, Circuit Judge.

The State of Missouri appeals the granting of a writ of habeas corpus to Gerald Glenn Johnson. The district court 1 granted habeas relief because Johnson was convicted by a jury that included four persons who had earlier convicted another man of taking part in the same robbery. Because we find that Johnson was deprived of his constitutional right to a trial before an impartial jury and was denied representation by effective counsel, we affirm.

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Three men robbed at gunpoint the Bran-son Inn in Branson, Missouri, on February 16, 1980. Police arrested three men and charged…