FRYER v. NIX

No. 84-1785.

775 F.2d 979 (1985)

Allen E. FRYER, Appellant, v. Crispus NIX, Warden of the Iowa State Penitentiary, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided October 21, 1985.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied November 26, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael D. Green & John Burns, Iowa City, Iowa, for appellant.

Brent R. Appell, Des Moines, Iowa, for appellees.

Before LAY, Chief Judge, FAGG and BOWMAN, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied November 26, 1985.

BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.

On the evening of November 17, 1973 a group of five teenagers went to Gitchie Manitou State Park in Lyon County, Iowa. During that evening in the park, four of the teenagers — Roger Essem, Michael Hadrath, Stewart Baade, and Dana Baade — were shot to death. On August 13, 1974 Allen Fryer was convicted of four counts of first degree murder, largely on the testimony...

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