Legal Opinion
Steven R. Wycoff v. Crispus Nix, Warden
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided April 18, 1989No. 88-1324SIPublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NICHOL, Senior District Judge.
Steven R. Wycoff, an Iowa state prisoner serving a life sentence for first degree murder of a fellow inmate, appeals from the district court’s denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Wycoff contends that he is entitled to relief because of prosecutorial misconduct, denial of the right to compulsory process in violation of the 6th amendment and ineffective assistance of counsel. We affirm.
The procedural history in this case is lengthy. It begins with Wycoff’s direct appeal from the trial court decision, where the Iowa Supreme…
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