WISE v. ARMONTROUT

No. 90-3090.

952 F.2d 221 (1991)

Jessie Lee WISE, Appellant, v. William ARMONTROUT, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided December 24, 1991.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied February 10, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark H. Zoole, St. Louis, Mo., argued, for appellant.

Stephen D. Hawke, Jefferson City, Mo., argued, for appellee, William L. Webster and Stephen D. Hawke, Jefferson City, Mo., on the brief.

Before LAY, Chief Judge, HENLEY, Senior Circuit Judge, and MAGILL, Circuit Judge.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied February 10, 1992.

LAY, Chief Judge.

Jessie Lee Wise filed this petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (1988), challenging the voluntariness of his 1972 guilty plea to first degree murder. The district court1 adopted the magistrate's2 findings of fact and conclusions of law dated October 12, 1990, and denied Wise's petition pursuant to...

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