LYLE v. WYRICK

No. 76-1996.

565 F.2d 529 (1977)

Robert Eugene LYLE, Appellant, v. Donald WYRICK, Warden, Missouri State Penitentiary, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided November 16, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald L. Hall, Asst. Federal Public Defender (argued), and David R. Freeman, Federal Public Defender, Kansas City, Mo., on brief, for appellant.

Neil E. MacFarlane, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, Mo., argued; John D. Ashcroft, Atty. Gen., and Philip M. Koppe, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, Mo., on brief, for appellee.

Before BRIGHT, STEPHENSON and HENLEY, Circuit Judges.


HENLEY, Circuit Judge.

Robert Eugene Lyle appeals from the district court1 order denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. We affirm.

The case arises out of the July, 1971 killing of one Joetha K. Lewis that took place in Jackson County, Missouri. Petitioner was charged with the killing, was tried in the Circuit Court of Jackson County without a jury, was found guilty of first degree murder...

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