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COTTON v. ARMONTROUT

No. 84-2642.

784 F.2d 320 (1986)

Roscoe COTTON, Appellant, v. Bill ARMONTROUT, Acting Warden and John Ashcroft, Attorney General of the State of Missouri, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided February 18, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy Tryniecki, St. Louis, Mo., for appellant.

John J. Oldenburg, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, Mo., for appellees.

Before HEANEY, Circuit Judge, HENLEY, Senior Circuit Judge, and WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.

HENLEY, Senior Circuit Judge.

Roscoe Cotton appeals from the district court's1 denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. He was convicted of first degree assault on the basis of eyewitness testimony, and is serving a life sentence as a persistent offender. His conviction was affirmed in State v. Cotton, 660 S.W.2d 365 (Mo.App.1983). Cotton argues that the identification testimony of...

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