James A Henderson-El v. Herb Maschner

MAGNUSON, District Judge.

James Ali Henderson-El appeals from the judgment of the district court 3 denying his Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus. We affirm.

I

Appellant James Ali Henderson-El was tried and convicted in state court for first degree murder in 1976 and is now serving a life sentence. Appellant subsequently appealed his conviction to the Iowa Supreme Court, which rejected Appellant’s claims of trial error and affirmed the conviction. The same counsel represented Appellant during his trial and his appeal. On August 3, 1979, Appellant filed his first application for post-conviction…