Legal Opinion
Jerry R. Poe v. Paul D. Caspari, Superintendent of the Algoa Correctional Center
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided October 28, 1994No. 94-2415PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MAGILL, Circuit Judge.
The State of Missouri appeals the district court’s grant of Jerry Reginald Poe’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (1993). Because we find that Poe did not present a claim upon which relief could be granted, we reverse.
I. BACKGROUND
On December 6, 1991, while Poe was serving time for escape from confinement at the Missouri state Jefferson City Correctional Center, the prosecuting attorney for Taney County, Missouri, filed a complaint and warrant for Poe’s arrest, charging Poe with ten state counts of burglary, stealing, arson, and habitual…
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