KENNEDY v. KEMNA

No. 11-1218.

666 F.3d 472 (2012)

Christopher KENNEDY, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Mike KEMNA, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: January 20, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kent E. Gipson , Law Office of Kent Gipson, LLC, Kansas City, MO, argued, for appellant.

Terrence M. Messonnier , Asst. Atty. Gen., Kansas City, MO, argued ( Chris Koster , Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, MO, on the brief), for appellee.

Before LOKEN, BEAM, and MURPHY, Circuit Judges.


BEAM, Circuit Judge.

Christopher Kennedy appeals the district court's1 denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition for habeas corpus. The district court certified nine claims for appeal and, upon review of these claims, we affirm the denial of relief.

I. BACKGROUND

The evidence at trial revealed that, on the evening of October 3, 1999, Frederick Darrington, and brothers Ryan, Rodja, and Raphael Pearson attended a comedy...

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