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HOLT v. WYRICK

No. 80-2004.

649 F.2d 543 (1981)

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

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided May 14, 1981.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied July 1, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Reeves, Ward & Reeves, Caruthersville, Mo., for appellant.

John Ashcroft, Atty. Gen., Michael Elbein, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, Mo., for appellee.

Before BRIGHT and ROSS, Circuit Judges; and HARRIS, Senior District Judge.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied July 1, 1981.

BRIGHT, Circuit Judge.

Eugene Holt, a Missouri state prisoner, appeals from an order denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Holt's first trial for murder ended in a mistrial. In his second trial, the jury convicted Holt of second degree murder and sentenced him to life imprisonment. The Missouri Supreme Court affirmed Holt's conviction in an extensive opinion written...

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