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CORNELL v. NIX

No. 90-1195.

976 F.2d 376 (1992)

Robert Allan CORNELL, Appellant, v. Crispus NIX, Warden, ISP, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided September 14, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Cleary, Phoenix, Ariz., argued, for appellant.

Thomas McGrane, Des Moines, Iowa, argued (Thomas J. Miller, on the brief), for appellee.

Before RICHARD S. ARNOLD, Chief Judge, ROSS, Senior Circuit Judge, McMILLIAN, JOHN R. GIBSON, FAGG, BOWMAN, WOLLMAN, MAGILL, BEAM, LOKEN, and HANSEN, Circuit Judges, En Banc.

HANSEN, Circuit Judge.

Robert Allan Cornell (Cornell), an Iowa prisoner, brings this habeas corpus action pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. We conclude that Cornell is not entitled to habeas relief.

I. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Cornell was convicted after a jury trial of the 1976 first degree murder of Kenneth Crow (Crow). See Iowa Code §§ 690.1, 690.2 (1975). He was sentenced to a term of life imprisonment without parole.

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