Jeffrey K. Ragland v. Thomas E. Hundley, Warden, Fort Madison Penitentiary

BEAM, Circuit Judge.

Jeffrey K. Ragland (Ragland) appeals the district court’s 1 denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Ragland objects to Iowa’s felony-murder law as interpreted and applied by the Iowa Supreme Court. We affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

After attending a concert, a group of five friends decided to swing by a grocery store to get some beer. They chatted with some mutual acquaintances in the grocery store parking lot. While they talked, a car sped into the parking lot and the occupants shouted at them. That car then stopped. The occupants exited and approached…