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CHAMBERS v. ARMONTROUT

No. 88-2383.

907 F.2d 825 (1990)

James W. CHAMBERS, Appellant, v. Bill ARMONTROUT, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided July 5, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas R. Schlesinger, Clayton, Mo., for appellant.

Jared Richard Cone, Jefferson City, Mo., for appellee.

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

HEANEY, Senior Circuit Judge.

James Chambers appeals his state conviction and sentence of death for the capital murder of Jerry Lee Oestricker. We reverse the conviction because Chambers received ineffective assistance of counsel when his counsel (1) failed to interview, (2) failed to call at trial, and (3) failed to call at sentencing the only witness who would have testified that Chambers acted in self-defense.

I. BACKGROUND

In December 1982, Chambers...

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