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981219P.pdf   11/09/1998  Mark Kilmartin  v.  David Dormire
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  98-1219
   Western District of Missouri   
   State Habeas; No manifest injustice from
   state court's faulty jury instruction on
   statutory sodomy charge; defendant's right
   to participate in trial not violated by
   judge's bench conference with potential
   jurors.