United States Eighth Circuit

District court's denial of habeas relief is affirmed where it did not err in finding prosecutor's comments were not a direct comment on defendant's failure to testify or in concluding that indirect comments did not violate his Fifth Amendment rights.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/12/2003
• Published 11/12/2003

Judges

• WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge., Before WOLLMAN, BOWMAN, and RILEY, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Barbara Ann C. Fears, argued, St. Louis, MO, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• William L. Meiners, argued, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Kansas City, MO (Todd P. Graves, on the brief), for appellee.