Jimmy William Huffman v. State of Missouri

This is an appeal from a denial of a writ of habeas corpus brought under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioner exhausted his remedies in state court and was denied relief. See Huffman v. State, 451 S.W.2d 21 (Mo.1970); 487 S.W.2d 549 (Mo.1972). Petitioner is a Missouri state prisoner who pled guilty to first degree murder in state court and on October 8, 1946, was sentenced to life in prison. At the time of his guilty plea, petitioner was 16 years of age. The only claim presented on his federal appeal is that the federal district court, the Honorable Elmo B. Hunter, erred in refusing to set his guilty…