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SKILLICORN v. LUEBBERS

No. 05-3729.

475 F.3d 965 (2007)

Dennis SKILLICORN, Appellant, v. Al LUEBBERS, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: February 6, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kent E. Gipson, argued, Jennifer A. Merrigan, Public Interest Litigation Clinic, Kansas City, MO, for appellant.

Michael Joseph Spillane, argued, Asst. U.S. Atty., Jefferson City, MO, for appellee.

Dennis Skillicorn, Mineral Point, MO, pro se.

Before LOKEN, Chief Judge, BEAM, and GRUENDER, Circuit Judges.

BEAM, Circuit Judge.

Dennis Skillicorn was convicted in Missouri state court of first-degree murder and sentenced to death. The district court1 denied Skillicorn's petition for habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, but granted a certificate of appealability on eight issues. We affirm the district court.

I. BACKGROUND

In late August 1994, Skillicorn, Allen...

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