BELL v. DUCKWORTH

No. 87-2591.

861 F.2d 169 (1988)

Kirk Bradley BELL, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Jack DUCKWORTH, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided November 8, 1988.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied December 21, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kirk Bradley Bell, Michigan City, Ind., pro se.

David A. Nowak, Deputy Atty. Gen., Indianapolis, Ind., for respondent-appellee.

Before POSNER, MANION and KANNE, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied December 21, 1988.

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

Kirk Bell was convicted of murder in an Indiana state court. After exhausting his state remedies he brought this habeas corpus action. The district court dismissed and he appeals. The appeal has no merit; we write only to make as clear as we can that procedural errors committed in the course of a state criminal trial are not a ground for federal habeas corpus. Smith v. Phillips...

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