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011899P.pdf   07/15/2002  Donald Joe Hall  v.  Allen Luebbers
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  01-1899
   Western District of Missouri   
   Prisoner case - habeas. Claims of ineffective assistance of 
   counsel concerning cross-examination of guilt phase witnesses, 
   failure to call penalty phase witnesses and failure to present 
   family members as mitigating witnesses and expert testimony 
   of a psychologist all rejected; use of shackles during penalty 
   phase of the case did not violate Hall's due process rights to 
   a fair trial; claim that court should have given an involuntary 
   manslaughter instruction was procedurally defaulted; Brady 
   claim rejected.