THOMAS v. BOWERSOX

No. 99-2486.

208 F.3d 699 (2000)

Troynell THOMAS, Appellant, v. Michael BOWERSOX, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: March 31, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

D. Warren Hoff, Jr., St. Louis, MO, argued, for Appellant.

Michael J. Spillane, Assistant Attorney General, Jefferson City, MO, argued, for Appellee.

Before: WOLLMAN, Chief Judge, FLOYD R. GIBSON, and MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judges.


WOLLMAN, Chief Judge.

Troynell Thomas appeals from the denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition for habeas corpus. We affirm.

I.

Thomas was convicted of first degree murder on April 29, 1988, for the shooting of a boy who had been present with Thomas's son when an altercation broke out on a basketball court. After a jury trial in Missouri state court, Thomas was sentenced on June 10, 1988, to life imprisonment...

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