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TOKAR v. BOWERSOX

No. 98-3031.

198 F.3d 1039 (2000)

Jeffrey TOKAR, Appellant, v. Michael BOWERSOX, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: December 8, 1999.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied February 3, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elizabeth Unger Carlyle, Lee's Summit, Missouri, argued (Michael J. Gorla, St. Louis, Missouri, on the brief), for Appellant.

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

Before RICHARD S. ARNOLD, BEAM, and HANSEN, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied February 3, 2000.

BEAM, Circuit Judge.

Jeffrey Tokar was convicted in Missouri state court for the murder of Johnny Douglass and was sentenced to death. Tokar appeals from the district court's1 denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. We affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

On the afternoon of March 11, 1992, Jeffrey Tokar, driving a yellow Subaru...

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