SLOAN v. BOWERSOX

No. 96-1433.

77 F.3d 234 (1996)

Jeffrey SLOAN, Petitioner/Appellant, v. Michael BOWERSOX, Appellee/Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided February 20, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas S. Laird, Kansas City, MO, for appellant.

Michael J. Spillane, Asst. Atty. Gen., of Jefferson City, MO, for appellee.

Before RICHARD S. ARNOLD, Chief Judge, BRIGHT, and MURPHY, Circuit Judges.


DIANA E. MURPHY, Circuit Judge.

Jeffrey Sloan appeals from the judgment of the district court1 denying his second petition for habeas corpus relief and his motion for an emergency stay of execution. We affirm.2

Sloan raises five claims in his second habeas petition. He argues that trial counsel was ineffective for four reasons: failure to conduct an adequate investigation of mitigating evidence; delivery...

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