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013542P.pdf   09/02/2003  Stanley Hall  v.  Al Luebbers
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  01-3542
   andNo.01-3543   
   Eastern District of Missouri
   Prisoner case - habeas. Missouri has not qualified as an opt-in 
   state under the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act, 
   as the appointment of counsel provisions of Rule 29.16 do not
   meet the requirement of the Act; with respect to the claims of 
   the petitioner, the court rejects his Batson claim, finds the state 
   court did not err in dismissing a juror for cause, concludes the trial
   court did not err in refusing to enforce a plea agreement when 
   Hall exercised his right to a trial and rejects a number of claims 
   of trial error and ineffective assistance of counsel.