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HAMILTON v. NIX

No. 84-2089.

809 F.2d 463 (1987)

Reed Wayne HAMILTON, Appellant, v. Crispus NIX, Warden, and Attorney General of the State of Iowa, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided January 12, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Wellman, Des Moines, Iowa, for appellant.

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

Before LAY, Chief Judge, and HEANEY, ROSS, McMILLIAN, ARNOLD, JOHN R. GIBSON, FAGG, BOWMAN, WOLLMAN, and MAGILL, Circuit Judges, en banc.

BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.

Reed Hamilton was convicted in Iowa state court of first degree murder and voluntary manslaughter for the deaths of Cathy Larson and Nick Pappas, Jr. The Iowa Supreme Court affirmed both convictions on direct appeal. State v. Hamilton, 335 N.W.2d 154 (Iowa 1983). Hamilton then petitioned under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 for a writ of habeas corpus. He alleged that (1) key prosecution witnesses and certain...

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