PARKUS v. BOWERSOX

No. 97-1983.

157 F.3d 1136 (1998)

Steven Wesley PARKUS, Appellant, v. Michael BOWERSOX, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided October 5, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sean D. O'Brien, Kansas City, MO, argued, for Appellant.

Stephen D. Hawke, Asst.Atty.Gen., Jefferson City, Mo, argued, for Appellee.

Before FAGG, WOLLMAN, and HANSEN, Circuit Judges.


WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.

Steven W. Parkus, a Missouri inmate sentenced to death, appeals from the district court's1 denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. We affirm.

I.

Parkus was found guilty of first degree murder for the strangulation death of Mark Steffenhagen. The details of the crime were set forth by the Missouri Supreme Court in its opinion affirming the conviction...

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