Lewis E. Ashker v. Joseph Class

United States Court of Appeals FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT ___________ No. 97-3579 ___________ Lewis E. Ashker, * * Appellant, * * v. * Appeal from the United States * District Court for the District Joseph Class, Warden, South * of South Dakota. Dakota Penitentiary, and Mark W. * Barnett, Attorney General of South * Dakota, * * Appellees. * ___________ Submitted: May 14, 1998 Filed: August 14, 1998 ___________ Before McMILLIAN, NOONAN,1 and MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judges. ___________ MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judge. A state court jury in South Dakota convicted Lewis Ashker of a…