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OWENS v. DORMIRE

No. 98-2159.

198 F.3d 679 (1999)

Lamont E. OWENS, Appellant, v. Dave DORMIRE; Jeremiah (Jay) W. Nixon, Attorney General, State of Missouri, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: December 15, 1999.

Rehearing Denied January 26, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David L. Gallego, Columbia, MO, argued, for Appellant.

Cassandra K. Dolgin, Jefferson City, MO, argued (Stacy L. Anderson, on the brief), for Appellees.

Before RICHARD S. ARNOLD, FLOYD R. GIBSON, and LOKEN, Circuit Judges.

FLOYD R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.

Lamont Owens appeals the district court's1 denial of his petition for habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Owens argues that the district court erred in denying his claim of ineffective assistance of trial counsel. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

The following facts are taken primarily from the opinion of the Missouri Court of Appeals. On February 8...

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