BOLDER v. ARMONTROUT

Nos. 89-2323, 89-2324.

921 F.2d 1359 (1990)

Martsay BOLDER, Appellee/Cross-Appellant, v. Bill ARMONTROUT, Appellant/Cross-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided December 12, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven Hawke, Jefferson City, Mo., for appellee/cross-appellant.

Gardiner Davis, Kansas City, Mo., for appellant/cross-appellee.

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


BEAM, Circuit Judge.

The district court found that Martsay Bolder's trial counsel was constitutionally ineffective during the sentencing phase of his capital murder trial in Missouri state court and granted his petition for writ of habeas corpus. This vacated his death sentence. Armontrout appeals, asserting that most of Bolder's federal claims are procedurally barred and that Bolder's underlying ineffectiveness claim is without merit. Bolder cross-appeals the district...

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