Wealot v. Armontrout

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

ELMO B. HUNTER, Senior District Judge.

Before the Court is petitioner’s application for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. A jury convicted petitioner on December 10, 1986, of forcible rape for which the trial court sentenced him to thirty years confinement. In a per curiam opinion, the Missouri Court of Appeals affirmed his conviction on December 8, 1987. 745 S.W.2d 690. The Court of Appeals also denied his motion for a transfer in forma pauperis to the Missouri Supreme Court. Petitioner challenges his conviction on sixth and fourteenth amendment…