COLE v. ROPER

No. 09-1213.

623 F.3d 1183 (2010)

Andre COLE, Appellant v. Donald P. ROPER; Jeremiah W. Nixon, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: November 5, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph W. Luby , Public Interest Litigation Clinic, Kansas City, MO, argued ( Terri L. Backhus , on the brief), for appellant.

Andrew W. Hassell , Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, MO, argued ( Chris Koster , Atty. Gen., on the brief), for appellee.

Before BYE, BEAM, and GRUENDER, Circuit Judges.


BEAM, Circuit Judge.

Andre Cole appeals the district court's denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition for habeas corpus. The district court1 certified nine claims for appeal, and upon review of these claims, we affirm the denial of relief.

I. BACKGROUND

The evidence at Cole's trial in Missouri state court in 2001 reveals that Cole and his wife, Terri, divorced in 1995 after...

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