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SMITH v. ARMONTROUT

No. 88-2359.

888 F.2d 530 (1989)

Gerald SMITH, Appellant, v. William ARMONTROUT, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided October 17, 1989.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied January 2, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. John Pleban, St. Louis, Mo., for appellant.

Stephen D. Hawke, Jefferson City, Mo., for appellee.

Before ARNOLD, JOHN R. GIBSON and FAGG, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied January 2, 1990.

ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.

Gerald Smith is under sentence of death for the murder of Karen Roberts, which occurred in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1980. He brings this petition for habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, claiming that both his conviction and his sentence violate the Constitution of the United States. The District Court1 denied the petition. Smith v. Armontrout...

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