CARTER v. HOPKINS

No. 97-3493.

151 F.3d 872 (1998)

George CARTER, Appellant, v. Frank X. HOPKINS, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided August 11, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary L. Hoffman, Omaha, NE, argued, for Appellant.

Kimberly A. Klein, Assistant Attorney General, Lincoln, NE, argued, for Appellee.

Before WOLLMAN, BEAM, and MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judges.


WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.

George Carter appeals from the district court's1 denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition for writ of habeas corpus. We affirm.

I.

In 1986, Carter was convicted in the State of Nebraska for first degree murder, use of a firearm in the commission of a felony, and being a habitual criminal.2 Carter was sentenced to life imprisonment...

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