Wooten v. Lewis

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI SOUTHEASTERN DIVISION CASITDEL L. WOOTEN, ) ) Petitioner, ) ) v. ) Case No. 1:19 CV 46 CDP ) JASON LEWIS, ) ) Respondent. ) MEMORANDUM AND ORDER A jury in a Missouri state court convicted Casitdel Wooten of assault, kidnapping, and forcible rape, and the court sentenced him to thirty-two years of imprisonment in the Missouri Department of Corrections. After exhausting his state remedies, Wooten petitioned this court for habeas relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, stating nine grounds for relief in his original and amended petitions. Because…