CORNMAN v. ARMONTROUT

No. 91-1718.

959 F.2d 727 (1992)

Chester CORNMAN, Appellant, v. Bill ARMONTROUT, Warden, Missouri State Penitentiary, William L. Webster, Attorney General of the State of Missouri, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided March 24, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Armitage, Kansas City, Mo., argued, for appellant.

Steven Hawke, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, Mo., argued, for appellees.

Before BOWMAN and BEAM, Circuit Judges, and VAN SICKLE, District Judge.


BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner Chester Cornman appeals from the denial by the District Court1 of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (1988). We affirm.

On May 12, 1982, Cornman was convicted by a jury in Texas County, Missouri, of felonious assault in the first degree and conspiracy to commit capital murder. He received a ten-year sentence on the conspiracy count and a consecutive thirty-year...

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