JENNER v. CLASS

No. 95-1941.

79 F.3d 736 (1996)

Michael JENNER, Appellant, v. Joe CLASS, Warden, South Dakota State Penitentiary; Mark W. Barnett, South Dakota Attorney General, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided April 1, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Edward Filcher, argued, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, for appellant.

Craig Eichstadt, argued, Pierre, South Dakota, for appellee.

Before HANSEN, JOHN R. GIBSON, and MURPHY, Circuit Judges.


JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.

Michael Jenner was found guilty by a South Dakota state court jury of premeditated murder, conspiracy to commit murder, and accessory to murder. His convictions were affirmed on all direct appeals. He filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus, which the district court1 denied. On appeal, Jenner contends that he was provided ineffective assistance of counsel and his trial was fundamentally unfair because...

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