Alexander Garrett v. Dave Dormire

RICHARD S. ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.

Alexander Garrett, a Missouri inmate, appeals from the District Court’s 1 denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. He argues that he received constitutionally ineffective assistance of trial counsel due to counsel’s failure to interview and call certain witnesses who would have discredited the testimony of one of the State’s witnesses, Henry Miller. We affirm.

I. Trial

Garrett was charged with one count of first-degree murder, one count of first-degree assault,-and two counts of armed criminal action, all arising out of…