Legal Opinion
Cole v. Roper
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided November 5, 2010No. 09-1213PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BEAM, Circuit Judge.
Andre Cole appeals the district court’s denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition for *1186habeas corpus. The district court1 certified nine claims for appeal, and upon review of these claims, we affirm the denial of relief.
I. BACKGROUND
The evidence at Cole’s trial in Missouri state court in 2001 reveals that Cole and his wife, Terri, divorced in 1995 after eleven years of marriage. Cole was ordered to pay child support for the care of the couple’s two children, but his periodic failure to make payments resulted in an arrearage of nearly $3,000. The record indicates that Cole and…
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3Cited by43 opinions
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