PILGRIM v. SIGLER

No. 20497.

440 F.2d 788 (1971)

Robert N. PILGRIM, Appellant, v. Maurice H. SIGLER, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

April 14, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert N. Pilgrim, filed brief pro se.

Clarence A. H. Meyer, Atty. Gen., and Harold Mosher, Asst. Atty. Gen., Lincoln, Neb., filed brief for appellee.

Before GIBSON, HEANEY and BRIGHT, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

Petitioner Robert N. Pilgrim, a Nebraska state prisoner, brings this in forma pauperis appeal from the federal district court's denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. He claims that his constitutional right to a fair trial was violated by the prosecuting attorney's alleged misconduct in displaying inadmissible exhibits and adducing fingerprint testimony before the jury. The habeas court rejected the claim. We affirm.

Pilgrim was convicted...

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