GREEN v. GROOSE

No. 91-2826.

959 F.2d 708 (1992)

John W. GREEN, Appellant, v. Michael GROOSE, Superintendent, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided March 23, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gail G. Renshaw, St. Louis, Mo., for appellant.

Ronald L. Jurgeson, Kansas City, Mo., for appellee.

Before FAGG and BEAM, Circuit Judges, and GAITAN, District Judge.


PER CURIAM.

John William Green, a Missouri prisoner convicted of second-degree murder, appeals the district court's order denying his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 application for a writ of habeas corpus. We affirm.

In this habeas action, Green challenges his murder conviction on three grounds. First, Green contends he was denied due process because the state trial court refused to give an instruction on involuntary manslaughter as a lesser included offense. This...

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