Steven Gail Daniels v. Jimmy Jones, Superintendent, Missouri Training Center for Men

FAGG, Circuit Judge.

Steven Gail Daniels appeals the district court’s denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 application for a writ of habeas corpus. We affirm.

Following his conviction and sentence for second-degree murder, Daniels unsuccessfully pursued a direct appeal, State v. Daniels, 649 S.W.2d 568 (Mo.Ct.App.1983), and postconviction relief, Daniels v. State, 751 S.W.2d 399 (Mo.Ct.App.1988), in the Missouri state courts. Daniels then filed this federal habeas action raising a number of claims, including claims not raised in the Missouri courts. Concluding Daniels had exhausted his available…