Legal Opinion
James Miller v. Dave Dormire
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided November 12, 2002No. 02-1918PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HEANEY, Circuit Judge.
James Miller was charged in Missouri state court with trafficking six grams or more of a cocaine base substance in violation of Mo.Rev.Stat. § 195.223.3(2) (1994). He was convicted after a bench trial and sentenced as a persistent offender to twenty years imprisonment without the possibility of parole. After exhausting state court remedies, Miller sought federal ha-beas relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, alleging that trial counsel’s waiver of his right to a jury trial was made without his consent or understanding. The district court 1 granted a writ of habeas corpus, and…
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