Legal Opinion
Maurice Purnell v. Missouri Department of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided February 1, 1985No. 84-1150PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.
Maurice Purnell appeals from denial of his petition for habeas corpus brought under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (1982). The district court dismissed the petition because there had not been full exhaustion of the petition’s claims in state court and because the state’s inadvertent waiver of the exhaus*705tion requirement was not effective. We conclude that the waiver was effective and remand with directions that the district court consider Purnell’s petition.
Purnell was convicted of rape, robbery in the first degree, and operating a motor vehicle without the consent of the…
2Cases cited28 opinions
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- Anderson v. HarlessSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Hilton v. GuyotSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
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3Cited by38 opinions
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