Walter J. Blair v. Bill Armontrout, Walter J. Blair v. Bill Armontrout

916 F.2d 1310

Walter J. BLAIR, Appellant,

v.

Bill ARMONTROUT, Appellee.

Walter J. BLAIR, Appellee,

v.

Bill ARMONTROUT, Appellant.

Nos. 86-2375, 86-2376.

United States Court of Appeals,

Eighth Circuit.

Submitted Oct. 14, 1987.

Decided Sept. 24, 1990.

Bernard J. Rhodes, Kansas City, Mo., for appellant.

Jay D. Haden, Kansas City, Mo., for appellee.

Before HEANEY* and FLOYD R. GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judges, and JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.

JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.

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Walter J. Blair, convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death, appeals from the district court's1 denial of his petition for a writ of…