Eric Clemmons v. Paul Delo

United States Court of Appeals FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT _____________ No. 96-1086WM _____________ Eric Clemmons, * * Appellant, * * On Appeal from the United v. * States District Court * for the Western District * of Missouri. Paul Delo, * * Appellee. * ___________ Submitted: July 21, 1997 Filed: August 28, 1997 ___________ Before RICHARD S. ARNOLD, Chief Judge, FLOYD R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge, and KORNMANN,* District Judge. ___________ RICHARD S. ARNOLD, Chief Judge. In 1987, Eric Clemmons was convicted and sentenced to death for the murder of a fellow inmate at the Missouri State Penitentiary.…