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HICKS v. SCURR

No. 81-1621.

671 F.2d 255 (1982)

Gentric HICKS, Appellant, v. David SCURR, Warden of the Iowa State Penitentiary, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided February 5, 1982.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied March 4, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Bartels, Sara Megan, argued, Iowa City, Iowa, for petitioner-appellant.

Thomas J. Miller, Atty. Gen. of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa, Thomas D. McGrane, Asst. Atty. Gen., argued, for respondent-appellee.

Before HENLEY and ARNOLD, Circuit Judges, and HARRIS, Senior District Judge.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied March 4, 1982.

OREN HARRIS, Senior District Judge.

Gentric Hicks was found guilty by an Iowa jury of first degree murder and received a sentence of life imprisonment. The Iowa Supreme Court affirmed the conviction on direct appeal and also affirmed the denial of post-conviction relief. State v. Hicks, 277 N.W.2d 889 (Iowa, 1979). Hicks then sought habeas corpus relief in federal...

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