DISCLAIMER:  The following unofficial case summaries are prepared by the clerk's office
                        as a courtesy to the reader. They are not part of the opinion of the court.

053318P.pdf   06/21/2007  Allen Nicklasson  v.  Don Roper
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  05-3318
   U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri - Kansas City   
   [PUBLISHED] [Wollman, Author, with Beam and Melloy, Circuit
   Judges]
   Prisoner case - habeas. Missouri Supreme Court's application of clearly
   established federal law on voir dire in death penalty cases, even if
   erroneous, was not objectively unreasonable and could not provide the
   basis for habeas relief; claim that jury instructions given preceding voir
   dire were erroneous was procedurally barred and Nicklasson could not
   establish cause and prejudice; Missouri Supreme Court's determination
   that there was no error in the voir dire concerning diminished capacity
   defense or unadjudicated crimes was not an objectively unreasonable
   application of clearly established federal law; Batson challenged
   rejected.