Walter Russell v. State of Missouri

LAY, Circuit Judge.

The petitioner, Walter Russell, appeals from the denial of a writ of habeas corpus by the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri, Petitioner challenges his 1959 state conviction of forcible rape, resulting from a plea of guilty in the Circuit Court of Cooper County, Missouri. Petitioner was I7V2 years old at the time of the crime.

The district court in a thorough review of the law and petitioner’s claim denied relief on all but two of his habeas claims. The district court held that petitioner had failed to exhaust his remedies on two of the…