Marvin C. Jones v. Paul Delo

WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.

Marvin C. Jones, a Missouri inmate facing a sentence of death, appeals from the district court’s denial of his second amended petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Jones asserts manifold points of error and also seeks a remand of the case for reconsideration of newly proffered evidence in light of the Supreme Court’s decision in Schlup v. Delo, — U.S. -, 115 S.Ct. 851, 130 L.Ed.2d 808 (1995).

In addition to finding almost all of Jones’s claims to be procedurally barred, the district court addressed them on the merits. Because reconsideration of the new evidence would not…