COLEMAN v. RISLEY

No. 85-4242.

839 F.2d 434 (1988)

Dewey E. COLEMAN, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Henry RISLEY, Warden, Montana State Prison, and Michael T. Greeley, Attorney General for the State of Montana, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided January 19, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry T. Greely, Stanford Law School, Stanford, Cal., for petitioner-appellant.

James M. Scheier, Asst. Atty. Gen., State of Mont., Helena, Mont., for respondents-appellees.

Before ALARCON, REINHARDT and THOMPSON, Circuit Judges.


DAVID R. THOMPSON, Circuit Judge:

Dewey E. Coleman, a Montana state prisoner who has been sentenced to death, appeals from the district court's denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. We affirm.

I. FACTS

On July 4, 1974, Peggy Lee Harstad, twenty-one years old, disappeared while driving alone from Harlowton to Rosebud, Montana. The next day her car was found within a few miles of her home, near Rosebud. Several...

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