Harris v. Bowersox

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri. Submitted: January 14, 1999 A Jackson County, Missouri, jury convicted George B. Harris of first degree murder and armed criminal action. Harris was sentenced to die for the crime. Following an unsuccessful motion for post-conviction relief, the Supreme Court of Missouri affirmed Harris's conviction and sentence. See State v. Harris, 870 S. W. 2d 798 (Mo.) (en banc), cert. denied, 513 U.S. 953 (1994). Harris now appeals the district court's order1 denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (1994). We granted a certificate of appealability as to four of the many grounds Harris raised in the district court. Although our reasoning differs from that of the district court in some respects, we affirm the district court's judgment denying habeas relief.