Martsay Bolder, Appellee/cross-Appellant v. Bill Armontrout, Appellant/cross-Appellee

921 F.2d 1359

Martsay BOLDER, Appellee/Cross-Appellant,

v.

Bill ARMONTROUT, Appellant/Cross-Appellee.

Nos. 89-2323, 89-2324.

United States Court of Appeals,

Eighth Circuit.

Submitted April 9, 1990.

Decided Dec. 12, 1990.

Steven Hawke, Jefferson City, Mo., for appellee/cross-appellant.

Gardiner Davis, Kansas City, Mo., for appellant/cross-appellee.

Before LAY, Chief Judge, and MAGILL and BEAM, Circuit Judges.

BEAM, Circuit Judge.

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The district court found that Martsay Bolder's trial counsel was constitutionally ineffective during the sentencing phase of his capital murder trial in Missouri state court and…