Barred Before the Merits: A Federal Prisoner’s Guide to Federal Habeas Relief
by Richard Resch
In 2000, the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri convicted Marcus DeAngelo Jones on two felon-in-possession counts under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) and one false-statement count under § 922(a)(6). The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit affirmed the convictions …
