Young v. Lewis

EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI SOUTHEASTERN DIVISION ORLANDO YOUNG, ) ) Petitioner, ) ) vs. ) Case No. 1:19CV201 RHH ) GREGORY HANCOCK1, ) ) Respondent. ) MEMORANDUM AND ORDER This matter is before the Court on Missouri State prisoner Orlando Young’s pro se petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The petition is fully briefed and ready for disposition. On July 17, 2015, a jury in the Circuit Court of St. Louis County, Missouri, found Petitioner guilty of three counts of first-degree statutory sodomy and three counts of first-degree child molestation. On August 28, 2015,…