United States Eighth Circuit

Evidence was sufficient to support state court findings that petitioner acted with the purpose of causing serious injury, as required for a second degree murder conviction; claim that counsel was ineffective in failing to call a forensic consultant to buttress his version of a shooting is rejected.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/14/2003
• Published 08/14/2003

Judges

• MELLOY, Circuit Judge., Before MELLOY, BEAM, and SMITH, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Michael J. Gorla of St. Louis, MO, argued, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Andrew W. Hassell, argued, Jefferson City, MO (Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon, on the brief), for appellee.