Allen v. Norman

HABEAS RELIEF GRANTED

This is an original proceeding in habeas corpus. Robert W. Allen ("Petitioner") was sentenced to life without eligibility for parole for fifty years ("LWOP 50") for a capital murder he committed in January 1984 as a sixteen-year-old. See sections 565.001 and 565.008.1.1 Petitioner also received two terms of life imprisonment for first-degree murder (felony murder) and armed criminal action for other offenses he committed in the same course of events. See sections 565.003, 565.008.2, and 571.015.1. All three sentences were run consecutively.2

Petitioner seeks habeas relief…