MAGGITT v. WYRICK

No. 75-1779.

533 F.2d 383 (1976)

Guss MAGGITT, Appellant, v. Donald WYRICK, Warden, Missouri State Penitentiary, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided April 7, 1976.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied May 20, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Crowe, St. Louis, Mo., for appellant.

William F. Arnet, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, Mo., for appellee; John C. Danforth, Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, Mo., on brief.

Before GIBSON, Chief Judge, BRIGHT, Circuit Judge, and VAN PELT, Senior District Judge.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied May 20, 1976.

GIBSON, Chief Judge.

Petitioner, Guss Maggitt, appeals from the District Court's1 denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Maggitt contends that various trial errors unconstitutionally deprived him of a fair trial and that he should be granted relief from his state second degree murder conviction.

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