POYNER v. STATE OF IOWA

No. 92-1883.

990 F.2d 435 (1993)

Arthur Alan POYNER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. STATE OF IOWA, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided April 8, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul H. Rosenberg, Des Moines, IA, argued, for plaintiff-appellant.

Thomas D. McGrane, Asst. Atty. Gen., Des Moines, IA, argued, for defendant-appellee.

Before MAGILL and BEAM, Circuit Judges, and LARSON, Senior District Judge.


LARSON, Senior District Judge.

Arthur Alan Poyner appeals from the district court's1 denial of his petition for writ of habeas corpus. Poyner was convicted of first-degree murder and the Iowa Supreme Court affirmed the conviction. On appeal, Poyner raises issues of ineffective assistance of counsel, prosecutorial misconduct, and judicial misconduct. In addition, Poyner argues that his rights to equal protection, a fair trial, and a speedy...

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