LINGAR v. BOWERSOX

No. 96-3609.

176 F.3d 453 (1999)

Stanley D. LINGAR, Appellant, v. Michael BOWERSOX, Appellee, The American Civil Liberties Union Foundation; American Civil Liberties Union, of Eastern Missouri, Amicus Curiae.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided May 11, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kent E. Gipson, Kansas City, MO, argued (Angela R. Keck, on the brief), for Appellant.

Stephen D. Hawke, Assistant Attorney General, Jefferson City, MO, argued (Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon, Attorney General, on the brief), for Appellee.

Before FAGG, HEANEY, and WOLLMAN, Circuit Judges.


FAGG, Circuit Judge.

Stanley D. Lingar, a Missouri death row inmate, appeals the district court's denial of his petition for writ of habeas corpus. See 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (1994). We affirm.

On the evening of January 5, 1985, Lingar, who was 22, and a friend, eighteen-year-old David Smith, were drinking and driving around Doniphan, Missouri. After stopping at the home of Smith's girlfriend, the two men came upon a group of hitchhiking teens and picked...

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