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RUFF v. ARMONTROUT

No. 92-2534.

993 F.2d 639 (1993)

Huntley RUFF, Appellee, v. Bill ARMONTROUT, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided May 18, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen D. Hawke, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, MO, argued, for appellant.

Tamra Wilson Setser, Kansas City, MO, argued, for appellee.

Before WOLLMAN and BEAM, Circuit Judges, and NANGLE, Senior District Judge.

BEAM, Circuit Judge.

Huntley Ruff was convicted of rape and other charges. He was sentenced as a persistent sexual offender to 160 years in the Missouri State Penitentiary. He filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, asserting, among other things, prosecutorial misconduct. The district court granted the writ on that ground. We reverse and remand to the district court for consideration of Ruff's other claims.

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