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THOMAS v. GROOSE

No. 90-2434.

951 F.2d 173 (1991)

Melvin THOMAS, Appellant, v. Michael GROOSE, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided December 17, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George F. Taseff, Bloomington, Ill., for appellant.

William J. Bryan, Jefferson City, Mo., for appellee.

Before JOHN R. GIBSON and LOKEN, Circuit Judges, and URBOM, Senior District Judge.

LOKEN, Circuit Judge.

Melvin Thomas appeals the district court's1 dismissal of his petition for habeas corpus. Thomas claims that he was denied effective assistance of counsel because his attorney failed to challenge the sufficiency of the evidence of his manslaughter conviction, failed to challenge the sufficiency of his indictment for attempted forcible rape, and failed to object to the prosecutor's closing argument. We affirm.

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