Russell Bucklew v. Al Luebbers

HANSEN, Circuit Judge.

Russell Bucklew was convicted in Missouri state court of capital murder and sentenced to death. He appeals the district court’s 1 denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. We affirm.

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We recite the facts of the crime as found by the Supreme Court of Missouri. See State v. Bucklew, 973 S.W.2d 83, 86-87 (Mo.1998) (en banc) (affirming Bucklew’s convictions and sentences on direct appeal), ce rt. denied, 525 U.S. 1082, 119 S.Ct. 826, 142 L.Ed.2d 683 (1999); Bucklew v. State, 38 S.W.3d 395, 397(Mo.) (en banc) (affirming the denial…