Richard Donald Johanson v. Orville Pung and the Attorney General of the State of Missouri

McMILLIAN, Circuit Judge.

Richard Donald Johanson appeals from a final order entered in the District Court 1 for the District of Minnesota denying his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition for habeas corpus relief. Johanson v. Pung, No. Civ. 4-85-198 (D.Minn. July 19, 1985) (order). For reversal Johanson argues that he was denied due process of law because (1) the self-defense instructions given by the state trial court improperly included the duty to retreat and (2) the prosecuting attorney’s closing arguments were misleading and inflammatory and contained his personal opinions about the credibility of…