United States Eighth Circuit

Denial of an application for a writ of habeas corpus in a first degree murder case is affirmed over claims of error regarding: 1) improper admission of hearsay evidence and a state court's incorrect application of the harmless error standard in reviewing the error; 2) improper exclusion of certain business records; and 3) a Batson challenge.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/17/2007
• Published 08/17/2007

Judges

• RILEY, Circuit Judge., Before LOKEN, Chief Judge, BYE, and RILEY, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• James W. Erwin, argued, St. Louis, MO (Thomas E. Douglass on the brief), for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Stephen D. Hawke, AAG, Jefferson City, MO, for appellee.