Legal Opinion
Thomas Henry Battle v. Paul K. Delo
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided May 27, 1994No. 93-1852PublishedCited by 70 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge.
Thomas Henry Battle, convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death, appeals from the district court’s 1 order denying his petition for habeas corpus. Battle brings various claims of ineffective assistance of counsel at the guilt and penalty phases of his state trial, instructional error, improper admission of a confession, and unconstitutional jury selection. We affirm the judgment of the district court.
Battle was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death in the Circuit Court for the City of St. Louis, Missouri, in 1981. The Supreme Court of…
2Cases cited69 opinions
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- Murray v. CarrierSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
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