Legal Opinion
Moss v. McKune
District Court, D. Kansas
Decided March 7, 2003No. 02-3087-WEBPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
BROWN, Senior District Judge.
Roger L. Moss petitions this Court for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Doc. 1). For the reasons set out below, the petition is denied.
I. PROCEDURAL HISTORY
Petitioner was charged in Kansas state court with possession of cocaine with prior convictions, sale of cocaine, and no tax stamps. The first trial resulted in a hung jury. In the second trial, the State proffered testimony from a previously confidential informant. The State, however, did not disclose that the informant was facing drug charges…
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