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993281P.pdf   01/03/2002  Kenneth Kenley  v.  Michael Bowersox
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  99-3281
                          and No:  99-3440
   Eastern District of Missouri   
Habeas Case - Death Penalty. Denial of relief on two ineffective assistance of counsel claims at resentencing are affirmed. The claims were adjudicated on the merits in the state court and the decisions of the state courts regarding counsel's performance and any prejudice were not a result of an unreasonable application or contrary to clearly established law. 993281P.pdf 09/28/2000 Kenneth Kenley v. Michael Bowersox U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 99-3281 and No: 99-3440 Eastern District of Missouri
Prisoner case - habeas. Writ of habeas corpus is not the remedy for a failure of due process in state post-conviction proceedings, as the attack on the constitutionality of the procedures used in the post-conviction proceedings does not test the legality of the sentence; even assuming that the due process claims was cognizable under Section 2254, the district court erred in granting habeas relief because the record does not support petitioner's allegation that he was denied notice and an opportunity to be heard in his post-conviction proceeding. Order granting habeas relief reversed, and case remanded for consideration of two claims concerning ineffective assistance of counsel