Legal Opinion
Michael Lenza v. Donald W. Wyrick, Warden Attorney General of the State of Missouri
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided December 2, 1981No. 81-1097PublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McMILLIAN, Circuit Judge.
Michael Lenza appeals from the final judgment entered in the District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri 1 denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Lenza was convicted by a jury of murder in the second degree in violation of Mo.Rev.Stat. § 559.-020 (1969) in the Circuit Court of St. Louis County, Missouri, and sentenced to life imprisonment pursuant to Mo.Rev.Stat. § 559.-009 (1975). His conviction was affirmed on direct appeal to the Missouri Court of Appeals. State v. Lenza, 582 S.W.2d 703 (Mo. App.1979). Subsequent…
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