Dexter D. Burks v. Heather Cofer

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI EASTERN DIVISION DEXTER D. BURKS, ) ) Petitioner, ) ) v. ) Case No. 4:25-cv-00056-SRC ) HEATHER COFER, ) ) Respondent. ) Memorandum and Order After a state court convicted Dexter Burks of first-degree murder and armed criminal action, he appealed his conviction and moved for post-conviction relief. The state courts denied him relief. Now, he brings a petition for writ of habeas corpus, re-raising three claims that he presented to the state courts. Because the Missouri courts’ denials of these same claims were not contrary to, or an…