ADAMS v. LEAPLEY

No. 93-4084.

31 F.3d 713 (1994)

Howard Joseph ADAMS, Petitioner/Appellant, v. Walter LEAPLEY, Warden, South Dakota State Penitentiary; Mark W. Barnett, Attorney General, State of South Dakota, Respondents/Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided August 8, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Christenson, Sioux Falls, SD, argued, for petitioner/appellant.

Ann C. Meyer, Pierre, SD, argued (Mark W. Barnett, on the brief), for respondents/appellees.

Before RICHARD S. ARNOLD, Chief Judge, FLOYD R. GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge, and WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.


WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.

Howard Joseph Adams appeals from the district court's1 order denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. We affirm.

I.

On June 18, 1986, Adams and his brother-in-law, Jimmy Lee Boykin, were staying at Marlene Anawski's residence in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. At the conclusion of a party at Anawski's residence that night, Adams and Boykin walked to Stockman's Bar...

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