HIGH ELK v. SOLEM

No. 85-5383.

804 F.2d 496 (1986)

Harold Clifford HIGH ELK, Appellant, v. Herman SOLEM, Warden, South Dakota State Penitentiary; Mark Meierhenry, Attorney General, State of South Dakota, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided November 5, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick J. Kane, Sioux Falls, S.D., for appellant.

Grant Gormley, Pierre, S.D., for appellees.

Before McMILLIAN, Circuit Judge, HENLEY, Senior Circuit Judge, and ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.


McMILLIAN, Circuit Judge.

Harold Clifford High Elk appeals from a final order entered in the District Court1 for the District of South Dakota denying his petition for writ of habeas corpus filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. High Elk v. Solem, No. CIV 84-4143 (D.S.D. Oct. 2, 1985). For reversal appellant argues that he was denied effective assistance of trial counsel. For the reasons discussed below, we affirm the order of...

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