Legal Opinion
James W. Chambers v. Michael Bowersox, Warden
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided December 2, 1998No. 97-3067WMPublishedCited by 91 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RICHARD S. ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.
James Wilson Chambers was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death for killing Jerry Oestricker. He appeals the District Court’s 2 denial of his petition for writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (1994). We have reviewed the claims that have been certified as appealable, and we now affirm.
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On May 29, 1982, Chambers and his family, celebrating the Memorial Day week end, were camped near the Meramec River in Arnold, Missouri. Because Chambers’s two step-sons wanted to go out onto the river to fish, early that evening Chambers sought to borrow a…
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