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WING v. SARGENT

No. 90-2027.

940 F.2d 1189 (1991)

Edward L. WING, Appellant, v. Willis SARGENT, Warden, Arkansas Department of Correction, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided August 8, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Doug Norwood, Rogers, Ark., for appellant.

J. Brent Standridge, argued (Clint Miller, on brief), Little Rock, Ark., for appellee.

Before FAGG and LOKEN, Circuit Judges, and SNEED, Senior Circuit Judge.

LOKEN, Circuit Judge.

Edward L. Wing appeals from the district court's1 denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus following an evidentiary hearing. Wing argues that his trial counsel was ineffective because, in pursuit of a foolish trial strategy, counsel failed to interview several potential defense witnesses and the key prosecution witnesses. We affirm.

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