Tomas G. Ervin v. Paul K. Delo, Superintendent, Potosi Correctional Center Michaelbowersox, Superintendent, Potosi Correctional Center

Tomas G. Ervin, a Missouri death row inmate, appeals the district court’s denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas petition challenging his first-degree murder and robbery convictions. We affirm.

On December 19,1988, the body of Richard Hodges was discovered'in a ditch near Jefferson City, Missouri. Duct tape bound Richard’s hands and covered his nose and mouth. An autopsy revealed Richard had been suffocated to- death. The same day, police obtained a warrant to search the Jefferson City home where Richard lived and operated a real estate.business with his mother. When officers entered the house,…