MEMORANDUM
CAHILL, District Judge.
In February, 1978, a jury in Butler County, Missouri, convicted James Russell of rape and sodomy. Russell was sentenced to concurrent terms of 20 years for the rape charge and 15 years for the charge of sodomy. The Missouri Court of Appeals affirmed Russell's conviction on direct appeal and the Butler County Circuit Court refused to vacate Russell's conviction by denying his motion under Mo.S.Ct.R. 27.26. The Missouri Court...
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