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STOKES v. ARMONTROUT

No. 89-1103.

893 F.2d 152 (1989)

Winfred STOKES, Appellant, v. William ARMONTROUT, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided December 28, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard H. Sindel, Clayton, Mo., for appellant.

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

Before McMILLIAN, ARNOLD, and BOWMAN, Circuit Judges.

ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.

Winfred Stokes is under sentence of death in the Missouri State Penitentiary for the 1978 murder of Pamela Benda. He petitioned the District Court1 for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. This was his second petition, the first having been denied.2 Stokes now alleged constitutional errors in the instructions guiding the jury during the sentencing phase of his trial. The...

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