Heath Allen Wilkins v. Michael Bowersox

HANSEN, Circuit Judge.

The Superintendent of the Potosí Correctional Center in Mineral Point, Missouri, Michael Bowersox (Respondent), appeals from the judgment of the district court 2 granting Heath Allen Wilkins’ petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to.28 U.S.C. § 2254 (1994). In 1986, Wilkins pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and received a death sentence from a Missouri state trial court. The district court granted the writ on multiple grounds, including the court’s belief that Wilkins’ waiver of counsel, his guilty plea, and his waiver of the right to present mitigating…