WALLS v. BOWERSOX

Nos. 97-1936, 97-1978.

151 F.3d 827 (1998)

Robert A. WALLS, Appellee/Cross-Appellant, v. Michael BOWERSOX, Appellant/Cross-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided August 6, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stacy Anderson, Jefferson City, MO, for appellant.

Mary Elizabeth Ott, Clayton, MO (J. Martin Hadican and Robert A. Walls, on the brief), for appellee.

Before BEAM, LOKEN, and MURPHY, Circuit Judges.


BEAM, Circuit Judge.

Michael Bowersox appeals the district court's grant of a writ of habeas corpus to Robert Walls. The district court found that trial counsel was constitutionally ineffective during the sentencing phase of Walls's capital murder trial and vacated his death sentence. Walls cross-appeals the district court's adverse holdings on a multitude of other issues. We hold that Walls's counsel was not constitutionally deficient, find the cross-appeal to be...

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