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BLAIR v. ARMONTROUT

Nos. 86-2375, 86-2376.

916 F.2d 1310 (1990)

Walter J. BLAIR, Appellant, v. Bill ARMONTROUT, Appellee. Walter J. BLAIR, Appellee, v. Bill ARMONTROUT, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided September 24, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernard J. Rhodes, Kansas City, Mo., for appellant.

Jay D. Haden, Kansas City, Mo., for appellee.

Before HEANEY and FLOYD R. GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judges, and JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.

JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.

Walter J. Blair, convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death, appeals from the district court's1 denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (1989). Blair was convicted of killing Kathy Jo Allen, who was scheduled to testify as the victim in the rape trial of Larry Jackson. Jackson had made offers to pay Blair to kill Allen. On this appeal from denial of the writ...

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