LAWS v. ARMONTROUT

No. 87-1018.

863 F.2d 1377 (1988)

Leonard Marvin LAWS, Appellee, v. Bill ARMONTROUT, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided December 20, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen D. Hawke, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, Mo., for appellant.

Barry A. Short, St. Louis, Mo., for appellee.

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


MAGILL, Circuit Judge.

The State of Missouri appeals from the district court's grant of habeas corpus relief to Laws. The district court vacated Laws' death sentence after concluding that Laws had received ineffective assistance of counsel during the punishment phase of his trial. We reverse and reinstate the sentence, finding no valid claim of ineffectiveness of trial counsel.

We deal here with a defendant who conspired to and did commit three separate and...

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