PARKHURST v. SHILLINGER

No. 96-8046.

128 F.3d 1366 (1997)

Derrick R. PARKHURST, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Duane SHILLINGER, Warden of the Wyoming State Penitentiary, Wyoming Attorney General, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

October 23, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Derrick R. Parkhurst, pro se.

William U. Hill, Wyoming Attorney General, Robin Sessions Cooley, Assistant Attorney General, Cheyenne, WY, for Respondents-Appellees.

Before BRORBY, LOGAN, and HENRY, Circuit Judges.


BRORBY, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner Derrick Parkhurst appeals the judgment of the district court refusing to hear his claim of ineffective assistance of appellate counsel brought pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. For the reasons stated below, we affirm.1

Petitioner was convicted of first degree murder and assault with a deadly weapon. In his direct appeal, petitioner argued that (1) the vehicle in which he was riding after the crimes...

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