Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit May 6, 1999, 98-2451, 98-2526 (Randall Steinkuehler v. Herb Meschner)

STROM, Senior District Judge.

Randall Steinkuehler (petitioner), an Iowa inmate, filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa after being convicted of first degree murder in an Iowa state court. Petitioner asserted eleven separate claims for relief. The District Court granted petitioner relief on two.