COFFEY, Circuit Judge.
Petitioner-appellant, John W. Drake, appeals the district court's denial of his petition for writ of habeas corpus. We affirm.
FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
Drake was convicted of murdering Ruth Heaton, an elderly woman found dead on April 8, 1977, in Anderson, Indiana. The police originally suspected Michael Cox, the victim's handyman, of the crime because Cox had taken the victim to lunch on the day of the murder...
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