Blockton v. Lewis

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI SOUTHEASTERN DIVISION DARRYL BLOCKTON, ) ) Petitioner, ) ) v. ) No. 1:19-CV-174 HEA ) JASON LEWIS, ) ) Respondent. ) OPINION, MEMORANDUM AND ORDER This matter is before the Court on the petition of Darryl Blockton for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The petition will be denied. Petitioner’s Criminal Background On October 5, 1984, a jury in the Circuit Court of St. Louis County, Missouri, convicted petitioner of five counts of forcible rape, and one count of kidnapping. On December 3, 1984, petitioner was sentenced…