United States Eighth Circuit

Petitioner procedurally defaulted on his claim that the state trial court erred when it failed to make a specific finding regarding the voluntariness of his confession, because he failed to raise the issue before the district court.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/05/2001
• Published 04/05/2001

Judges

• BOWMAN, Circuit Judge., Before McMILLIAN, RICHARD S. ARNOLD, and BOWMAN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Troy G. Allen, Asst. Atty. Gen., argued, Jefferson City, MO (Stephen D. Hawke, Asst. Atty. Gen., on the brief), for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• David E. Woods, argued, O'Fallon, MO, for appellee.