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FISHER v. NIX

No. 90-1254.

920 F.2d 549 (1990)

Dennis FISHER, Appellant, v. Crispus NIX, Warden Iowa State Penitentiary, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided December 6, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lorraine K. Snead, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, for appellant.

Thomas D. McGrane, Des Moines, Iowa, for appellee.

Before LAY, Chief Judge, BRIGHT, Senior Circuit Judge, and VAN SICKLE, Senior District Judge.

PER CURIAM.

Dennis Fisher, a state prisoner, was convicted in Iowa state court of first degree murder in the 1975 shooting death of Howard Miller. He was sentenced to life imprisonment and the Supreme Court of Iowa affirmed his conviction. State v. Fisher, 279 N.W.2d 265 (Iowa 1979). Fisher now appeals from the federal district court's** denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus, alleging...

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