RAINER v. DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

No. 89-5214MN.

914 F.2d 1067 (1990)

Joseph L. RAINER, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided September 19, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James M. Lockhart, Minneapolis, Minn., for appellant.

John E. MacGibbon, Elk River, Minn., for appellee.

Before ARNOLD, Circuit Judge, and HEANEY and FRIEDMAN, Senior Circuit Judges.


FRIEDMAN, Senior Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from an order of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota, David S. Doty, J., denying the appellant Rainer's application for Writ of Habeas Corpus. Rainer challenges his conviction in the Minnesota State court for first degree murder on two grounds: (1) he was denied his sixth amendment right to effective assistance of counsel because of the alleged improper involvement of a State investigator...

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