Roosevelt Pollard v. Paul Delo

MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.

Roosevelt Pollard was convicted and sentenced to death for the 1983 murder of Blytheville, Arkansas businessman Richard E. Alford. He appealed directly to the Missouri Supreme Court, which affirmed his conviction. The Supreme Court of the United States denied certiorari. Mr. Pollard then filed a motion for state post-conviction relief, for which the motion court appointed counsel. After being denied state post-conviction relief, Mr. Pollard again appealed to the Missouri Supreme Court, which affirmed the motion court’s denial of relief. Again, the Supreme…