___________ No. 95-3847 ___________ Robert G. Knoche, * * Appellant, * Appeal from the United States * District Court for the v. * District of South Dakota. * Michael Durfee, * [UNPUBLISHED] * Appellee. *

___________ Submitted: June 28, 1996 Filed: July 5, 1996 ___________ Before BEAM, LOKEN, and MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judges. ___________ PER CURIAM.

Robert G. Knoche, a South Dakota prisoner, was convicted of forgery and sentenced to thirteen years imprisonment. The South Dakota Supreme Court affirmed his conviction and sentence. State v. Knoche, 515 N.W.2d 834 (S.D. 1994). After pursuing various postconviction remedies, Knoche filed this 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition for habeas corpus relief. The district court denied the petition without an evidentiary hearing, and Knoche appeals.

After careful review of the record before us and the parties' briefs (including Knoche's pro se supplemental briefs), we conclude the district court correctly denied Knoche's petition. Accordingly, we affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.

The Honorable Lawrence L. Piersol, United States District Judge for the District of South Dakota.

A true copy.

Attest:

CLERK, U. S. COURT OF APPEALS, EIGHTH CIRCUIT.

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