Patton v. Lewis

EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI SOUTHEASTERN DIVISION MELVIN R. PATTON, ) ) Petitioner, ) ) vs. ) Case No. 1:18 CV 19 ACL ) JASON LEWIS, ) ) Respondent. ) MEMORANDUM AND ORDER This matter is before the Court on the Petition of Melvin R. Patton for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. I. Procedural History Patton is currently incarcerated at the Southeast Correctional Center in Charleston, Missouri, pursuant to the sentence and judgment of the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis, Missouri. (Doc. 15 at pp. 119-25.) After a jury trial, Patton was found guilty of two counts of murder…