KITT v. CLARKE

No. 90-1213NE.

931 F.2d 1246 (1991)

Wesley KITT, Appellant, v. Harold CLARKE, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided April 25, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert C. Perry, Indianapolis, Ind., for appellant.

Terri M. Weeks, Lincoln, Neb., for appellee.

Before ARNOLD and MAGILL, Circuit Judges, and BATTEY, District Judge.


MAGILL, Circuit Judge.

Wesley Kitt appeals the district court's1 dismissal of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Kitt argues that he received ineffective assistance of counsel because his court-appointed trial counsel failed to request that the voir dire examination, opening statements and closing arguments be recorded; failed to object to the trial court's decision to allow the jury to separate during deliberation; and failed to...

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