Emmitt Foster v. Paul Delo

BRIGHT, Senior Circuit Judge.

Emmitt Foster appeals the denial of his petition for habeas corpus relief pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. He was convicted of capital murder1 in the Circuit Court of St. Louis County, Missouri and sentenced to death. Foster raises numerous allegations of error, which fall into three general categories: (1) *1453that the district court improperly found many of his claims procedurally barred; (2) that the district court improperly rejected various claims of ineffective assistance of counsel; and (3) that the district court erred in denying relief for assorted state court…