Legal Opinion
Doyle J. Williams v. Bill Armontrout, Warden
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 7, 1989No. 88-1027PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRIGHT, Senior Circuit Judge.
Doyle Williams appeals the dismissal of his petition for writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. In these proceedings, he challenges his Missouri conviction for capital murder, resulting in a sentence of life in prison without possibility of parole for fifty years. Williams raises several issues in his appeal, including the admissibility of eyewitness identification testimony, the effec*1378tiveness of his trial counsel and allegations of misconduct by the State. We affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
On October 11,1980, police recovered the body of Dr. A.H. Domann, who was last…
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