Spencer Robinson v. Gothriel Lafleur

HEANEY, Circuit Judge.

Spencer Robinson appeals the district court’s denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition for habeas corpus relief. We affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

In April 1994, Robinson was convicted following a jury trial in Minnesota state court of first degree felony murder. Briefly, the testimony at trial revealed the following.

In September 1993, Robinson and a few friends traveled from Detroit to Minneapolis to sell crack cocaine. Shortly after arriving, he met Lisa Minter and Vanessa Tree. In exchange for cocaine, Minter allowed Robinson and his friends to sell cocaine out of her apartment…