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STEVENS v. ARMONTROUT

No. 85-1647EM.

787 F.2d 1282 (1986)

James Edward STEVENS, a/k/a James Edward Stephens, Appellant, v. Bill ARMONTROUT, Warden, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided April 10, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Newton G. McCoy, St. Louis, Mo., for appellant.

George Cox, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Before McMILLIAN, JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judges, and MURPHY, District Judge.

DIANA E. MURPHY, District Judge.

James Edward Stevens appeals from a final order of the district court,1 denying his petition for habeas corpus. Stevens contends that the district court erred by not appointing counsel and holding an evidentiary hearing on the voluntariness of certain confessions and by not finding his 200 year sentence a violation of the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments.2 We affirm.

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