Joe Hegwood v. Harold R. Swenson, Warden

Appellant Joe Hegwood, an inmate of the Missouri State Penitentiary, is presently serving a life sentence upon his plea of guilty of armed robbery. This appeal is from a dismissal without prejudice of Hegwood’s federal petition for writ of habeas corpus. The district court based its order of dismissal upon Hegwood’s failure to exhaust his state remedies available under Missouri Supreme Court Amended Rule 27.26, V.A.M.R. of January 9, 1967 which became effective September 1, 1967. We affirm.

Hegwood was represented by appointed counsel when he pleaded guilty at his original trial and no appeal…