KILGORE v. BOWERSOX

No. 96-2563EM.

124 F.3d 985 (1997)

Bruce KILGORE, Appellant, v. Michael BOWERSOX and Jeremiah W. Nixon, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided September 8, 1997.

Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing Denied November 25, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cheryl Rafert, St. Louis, MO, argued (Burton H. Shostak, Clayton, MO, on the brief), for Appellant.

Stephen D. Hawke, Asst. Attorney General, Jefferson City, MO, argued, for Appellee.

Before RICHARD S. ARNOLD, Chief Judge, HENLEY, Senior Circuit Judge, and WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.


Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing En Banc Denied November 25, 1997.

RICHARD S. ARNOLD, Chief Judge.

Bruce Kilgore was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to death. After the Missouri state courts affirmed his conviction and denied him post-conviction relief, Kilgore filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 in the District Court.1 The District Court denied the petition, and we affirm...

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