Miller v. Stange

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI SOUTHEASTERN DIVISION VERNON E. MILLER, ) ) Petitioner, ) ) v. ) Case No. 1:22-CV-87-SNLJ ) BILL STANGE, ) ) Respondent. ) MEMORANDUM AND ORDER This case is before the Court on a petition under

28 U.S.C. § 2254

for a writ of habeas corpus. [Doc. 1.] Petitioner Vernon Miller is an inmate at the Southeast Correctional Center in Charleston, Missouri. A jury found him guilty of forcible rape, second-degree statutory rape, and second-degree statutory sodomy. For these convictions, the state trial court sentenced him to twenty-five years,…