KINDER v. BOWERSOX

No. 00-2807.

272 F.3d 532 (2001)

Brian Joseph KINDER, Appellant, v. Michael BOWERSOX, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: November 16, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen E. Rottenberg, St. Louis, MO, argued (Frederick A. Duchardt, Jr., Kearney, MO, on the brief), for appellant.

Michael J. Spillane, Assistant Attorney General, Jefferson City, MO, argued (Jeramiah W. Nixon, Missouri Attorney General, on the brief), for appellee.

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


BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.

Brian Kinder filed a habeas petition in the District Court2 alleging nearly forty grounds for relief. The court denied the petition and granted a certificate of appealability (COA) on twenty-one of those issues. Kinder appeals and we affirm.

A jury convicted Kinder of the December 22, 1990, rape and first-degree murder of Cynthia Williams in Jefferson County, Missouri, and he was sentenced to death. He appealed...

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