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972694P.pdf   03/07/2000  Jon Keith Smith  v.  Michael Groose
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  97-2694
   Western District of Missouri   
Civil Case; Writ of Habeas Corpus. Habeas relief granted where prosecution used inconsistent, irreconcilable theories to secure convictions against two defendants in prosecutions for the same offense arising out of the same event. Due process violated because error rendered unreliable the convictions for murder, armed criminal action and robbery.