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SIMMONS v. BOWERSOX

No. 99-3643.

235 F.3d 1124 (2001)

Christopher SIMMONS, Appellant v. Michael BOWERSOX, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: January 2, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jennifer Brewer, argued, St. Louis, MO (Patrick J. Berrigan, Kansas City, MO, on the brief), for Appellant.

Cassandra K. Dolgin, Asst. Atty. General, argued, Jefferson City, MO, for Appellee.

Before BOWMAN and BEAM, Circuit Judges, and BOGUE, District Judge.

BEAM, Circuit Judge.

Christopher Simmons was convicted in Missouri state court for the first degree murder of Shirley Crook and was sentenced to death. Simmons appeals from the district court's denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254.

Because we find the state court decisions involve neither an unreasonable application of federal law nor an unreasonable determination of the facts, we affirm.2

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