Johnson v. Lewis

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI SOUTHEASTERN DIVISION BERNARD JOHNSON, ) ) Petitioner, ) ) v. ) No. 1:18-CV-00193-ACL ) JASON LEWIS, ) ) Respondent. ) MEMORANDUM ORDER This case is before the Court on Bernard Johnson’s Petition Under

28 U.S.C. § 2254

for Writ of Habaes Corpus by a person in state custody. Johnson is serving a sentence of life in prison for first-degree rape to be followed consecutively by several one-year sentences that run concurrently with each other. The Circuit Court of St. Louis County, Missouri, imposed the sentences after a jury…