Michael Collins v. Dave Dormire

MURPHY, Circuit Judge.

Michael Collins who was convicted in Missouri of second degree robbery seeks federal habeas relief on the grounds that he received ineffective assistance of counsel on his direct appeal when his counsel failed to raise an identification issue. The district court 1 denied his petition, and he appeals. We affirm.

Collins was charged with attempted kid-naping and second degree robbery after a woman was attacked outside a grocery, store in Maplewood, Missouri and forced into a car. As the victim left the store, she was approached by a man who put his arm around her and began…