Virgil Dale Agee v. Donald Wyrick

610 F.2d 498

Virgil Dale AGEE, Appellant,

v.

Donald WYRICK, Appellee.

No. 79-1513.

United States Court of Appeals,

Eighth Circuit.

Submitted Oct. 11, 1979.

Decided Nov. 29, 1979.

John S. Pratt, Springfield, Mo., for appellant.

Robert L. Presson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, Mo., for appellee; John Ashcroft, Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, Mo., on brief.

Before BRIGHT, ROSS and STEPHENSON, Circuit Judges.

ROSS, Circuit Judge.

1

Virgil Dale Agee appeals from the denial of his petition for writ of habeas corpus filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254.

2

In 1970 Agee was convicted by a jury of statutory rape and…