Murphy v.Stange

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI SOUTHEASTERN DIVISION ELEX MURPHY, ) ) Petitioner, ) ) V. ) No. 1:18-CV-30 RLW ) BILL STANGE and ERIC SCHMITT, ) ) Respondents. ! ) MEMORANDUM AND ORDER This matter is before the Court on Petitioner Elex Murphy’s pro se Petition Under

28 U.S.C. § 2254

for Writ of Habeas Corpus by a Person in State Custody. (ECF No. 1.) Petitioner is currently incarcerated at the Southeast Correctional Center in the Missouri Department of Corrections. Petitioner was found guilty following a jury trial in the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis, State…