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POINDEXTER v. WOLFF

No. 75-1919.

540 F.2d 390 (1976)

Edward POINDEXTER, Appellant, v. Charles L. WOLFF, Jr., as Warden of the Nebraska Penal and Correctional Complex in Lincoln, Nebraska, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided August 10, 1976.

Rehearing Denied September 17, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth E. Tilsen, St. Paul, Minn., for appellant; Jacqueline D. Quick, St. Paul, Minn., on brief.

Melvin K. Kammerlohr, Asst. Atty. Gen., Lincoln, Neb., for appellee; Paul L. Douglas, Atty. Gen., Lincoln, Neb., on brief.

Before BRIGHT and WEBSTER, Circuit Judges, and TALBOT SMITH, Senior District Judge.

PER CURIAM.

Edward Poindexter, an inmate in custody at the Nebraska Penal and Correctional Complex in Lincoln, Nebraska, appeals from the dismissal of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Poindexter and his co-defendant, David Rice, were convicted of first degree murder in April, 1971, after trial in Nebraska state court. The convictions were affirmed by the Nebraska Supreme Court. State v. Rice, 188 Neb...

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