Howland v. Stange

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI SOUTHEASTERN DIVISION NEIL HOWLAND, ) ) Petitioner, ) ) v. ) No. 1:22 CV 57 CDP ) GREGORY HANCOCK, et al.,1 ) ) Respondents. ) MEMORANDUM AND ORDER This matter is before the Court on Missouri state prisoner Neil Howland’s petition for writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. I will deny the petition. Procedural History Howland is currently incarcerated at SECC pursuant to a judgment and sentence of the Circuit Court of New Madrid County, Missouri, after a jury found him guilty of murder first degree, abandoning a corpse, two…