FOREST v. DELO

No. 94-2608.

52 F.3d 716 (1995)

Gregory FOREST, Appellant, v. Paul K. DELO, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided March 28, 1995.

Rehearing Denied May 4, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel V. Conlisk, St. Louis, MO, argued (James Dankenbring, on the brief), for appellant.

Frank Jung, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, MO, argued, for appellee.

Before BOWMAN, Circuit Judge, JOHN R. GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge, and WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.


BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.

Gregory Forest, a Missouri state prisoner, petitions for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (1988), claiming that he was coerced into pleading guilty in violation of his Fifth and Sixth Amendment rights and that he did not receive the effective assistance of counsel required by the Sixth Amendment. The District Court1 denied the petition, and Forest timely...

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