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COUCH v. TRICKEY

No. 88-1925.

892 F.2d 1338 (1989)

Milton Rene COUCH, Appellant, v. Myrna TRICKEY, Superintendent, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided December 28, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dorian Amon, St. Louis, Mo., for appellant.

Patrick L. King, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, Mo., for appellee.

Before LAY, Chief Judge, and BOWMAN and MAGILL, Circuit Judges.

MAGILL, Circuit Judge.

Milton Rene Couch appeals in forma pauperis the district court's1 dismissal of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (1966). Couch contends that the district court erred in concluding that trial counsel was not ineffective for failing to pursue a trial defense of lack of capacity due to mental illness.2...

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