Larry Haymon v. Gerald Higgins

BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.

This appeal is from the District Court’s order granting Larry Haymon a writ of habeas corpus. Haymon was found guilty on March 19, 1982, in the Circuit Court of St. Louis County of carrying a concealed weapon. He was sentenced to six years imprisonment. The conviction was affirmed on direct appeal. State v. Hay-man 1 , 671 S.W.2d 336 (Mo.Ct.App.1984) (per curiam).

At trial, the state offered evidence that on April 13, 1981, at approximately 1:00 a.m., Pagedale, Missouri, Police Officer Tony Gibson, then on patrol in an automobile, pulled over a green Chevrolet that he…