Edwards v. Roper, No. 11-1092 (8th Cir. 2012)
Annotate this CasePetitioner, convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to death, appealed the denial of habeas relief under 28 U.S.C. 2254, as well as the district court's denial of his motion for funds to conduct a mental examination. The court rejected petitioner's Batson claims and violation of the Self-Incrimination Clause claims. The court also denied petitioner's motion for funds to conduct a mental examination where petitioner failed to meet his burden of showing that a mental examination was reasonably necessary. Accordingly, the court affirmed the judgment.
Court Description: Prisoner case - habeas. District court did not err in rejecting Batson challenges as the Missouri Supreme Court's decision on the issue was not based on an unreasonable determination of the facts and was not contrary to, or an unreasonable application of, the Supreme Court's decisions on the issue; district court did not err in rejecting Edwards' argument that the prosecutor made impermissible comments on his failure to testify as the Missouri Supreme Court's rejection of the claim was neither contrary to nor an unreasonable interpretation of Griffin v. California, 380 U.S. 609 (1965); Missouri Supreme Court's determination that the trial court's failure to give a no-adverse-inference instruction was harmless under Chapman v. California, 386 U.S. 18 (1967) was not contrary to, or an unreasonable application of, Supreme Court decisions; district court did not err in denying Edwards' request for funds to conduct a mental exam.
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