Kenneth M. Rogers v. Warden

Kenneth M. Rogers, a Georgia state prisoner proceeding pro se, is currently serving three consecutive life sentences followed by a twenty-year sentence for his state court convictions for rape, kidnaping, aggravated sodomy, and burglary.

Rogers appeals the district court’s denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition for a writ of habeas corpus. After review of the record and consideration of the parties’ briefs, we affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

In December 1998, Rogers, a registered sex offender, entered the home of a young woman, raped her, forced her to perform oral sex on him, and stole from her.…