Section 49 To Be Filed in Federal Court

• Library: Remedies 2006

In The United States District Court

Eastern District of Missouri

Eastern Division

_____________________________ )

[Petitioner’s Name], )

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Petitioner, )

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v. ) No. _____________

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_____________________________ )

Superintendent, ) This Is a Capital Case

Potosi Correctional Center, )

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Respondent. )

Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus

By a Person in State Custody

[Petitioner’s name], the petitioner, by and through counsel, petitions this court for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, discharging the petitioner from the petitioner’s unconstitutional confinement on the grounds set out below.

History of Prior Proceedings

The court that entered the judgment of conviction and sentence under attack was the Circuit Court...