MANSFIELD v. DORMIRE

No. 98-1486.

202 F.3d 1018 (2000)

James Eric MANSFIELD, Appellant, v. David DORMIRE, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: February 4, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kent Gipson, Kansas City, MO, for appellant.

Wade Thomas, Assistant Attorney General, Jefferson City, MO, for Appellee.

BEFORE: BEAM, HEANEY, and FAGG, Circuit Judges.


BEAM, Circuit Judge.

James Eric Mansfield appeals the denial of his petition for habeas corpus relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. We affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

Mansfield was convicted in Missouri state court of first-degree murder and armed criminal action for the stabbing death of Mark Trader. He was sentenced to two concurrent terms of life imprisonment.

Before trial, the state filed a motion in limine to exclude evidence that other people...

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