Michael A. Clark v. Paul D. Caspari

HEANEY, Circuit Judge.

Michael A. Clark appeals the district court’s2 denial of his Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus. The primary question presented on appeal is whether the state trial court erred in failing to suppress eyewitness identification evidence that was the product of a purportedly suggestive “show-up” procedure. The district court answered that question in the negative, and we affirm.

1. BACKGROUND

On November 12, 1988, two African-American men entered Mack’s Package Liquor Store in St. Louis County, Missouri. Store clerk Virginia Conner was the only other person in the store.…