Ronnie Randolph v. Paul Delo

Ronnie Randolph, a Missouri prisoner, appeals from the district court’s 1 denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. We affirm.

A jury convicted Randolph, a black man who is prelingually deaf, of capital murder, and he was sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of probation or parole for fifty years. Randolph’s first conviction was reversed based on the improper admission of hearsay evidence. State v. Randolph, 698 S.W.2d 585 (Mo.Ct.App.1985). He was retried, reconvicted, and his second conviction was affirmed. State v. Randolph, 729 S.W.2d 524 (Mo.Ct.App.1987).

Randolph…