TYLER v. WYRICK

No. 80-1466.

635 F.2d 752 (1980)

Curtis James TYLER, Appellant, v. Donald WYRICK, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided December 31, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norman W. Pressman, St. Louis, Mo., for appellant.

John Ashcroft, Atty. Gen., Jerry L. Short, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, Mo., for appellee.

Before LAY, Chief Judge, GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge, and HEANEY, Circuit Judge.


PER CURIAM.

Curtis J. Tyler appeals from the order of the District Court1 dismissing Tyler's petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. In August 1975, appellant Tyler was convicted in the circuit court of the City of St. Louis of felony murder in the first degree. He received a life sentence. The conviction was affirmed on direct appeal by the Missouri Court of Appeals. State v. Tyler,

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