Byrd v. Buckner

EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI EASTERN DIVISION GEBAR BYRD, ) ) Petitioner, ) ) vs. ) Case No. 4:18CV1760 RHH ) MICHELE BUCKNER1, ) ) Respondent. ) MEMORANDUM AND ORDER This matter is before the Court on Missouri State prisoner Gebar Byrd’s petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The petition is fully briefed and ready for disposition. On October 14, 2011, a jury in the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis, Missouri, found Petitioner guilty of one count of murder in the second degree (Count I), one count of involuntary manslaughter (Count II), one count of endangering…