RAMSEY v. BOWERSOX

No. 97-1576.

149 F.3d 749 (1998)

Roy RAMSEY, Appellant, v. Michael BOWERSOX, Superintendent, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided June 10, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles Rogers, Kansas City, MO, argued (James R. Hobbs, Marilyn B. Keller, Cheryl A. Pilate, on the brief), for Appellant.

Frank A. Jung, Jefferson City, MO, argued, for Appellee.

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


FAGG, Circuit Judge.

Roy Ramsey, a Missouri death row inmate, appeals the district court's denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. See 28 U.S.C. § 2254. We affirm.

On November 21, 1988, Ramsey and his brother, Billy, went to the home of an elderly couple, Garnett and Betty Ledford, to rob them. Billy's girlfriend drove the brothers there in her car. Ramsey had a gun, but Billy did not. Garnett answered the door, and Ramsey used the...

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