Gerald Smith v. William Armontrout

865 F.2d 1502

Gerald SMITH, Appellant,

v.

William ARMONTROUT, Appellee.

No. 88-2359.

United States Court of Appeals,

Eighth Circuit.

Submitted Nov. 15, 1988.

Decided Dec. 8, 1988.

C. John Pleban, St. Louis, Mo., for appellant.

Stephen Hawke, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, Mo., for appellee.

Before LAY, Chief Judge, and HEANEY, McMILLIAN, ARNOLD, JOHN R. GIBSON, FAGG, BOWMAN, WOLLMAN, MAGILL, and BEAM, Circuit Judges, en banc.

ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.

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This is a habeas corpus case initially brought by Gerald Smith, a Missouri state prisoner under sentence of death. On September 29, 1988, a panel of this…