Hellum v. Warden, United States Penitentiary-Leavenworth

JOHN R. GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge.

Robert Lee Helium appeals the district court’s1 denial of his petition for habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (1988). A Minnesota jury convicted him of intentional second-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder, second-degree assault, and kidnapping. Helium argues that the security measures imposed during this trial denied him of his constitutional right to a fair trial. Helium further challenges the trial court’s admission of certain incriminating statements which related to an escape attempt made before his trial. We affirm.

On August 17,1989, a…