Steven Fults v. Eric Qualls

ROGERS, Circuit Judge.

Steven Fults appeals the district court’s judgment denying habeas relief in this case concerning a possible Blakely v. Washington error at Fults’ sentencing for five rape convictions. The sentencing court applied four statutory enhancements to increase Fults’ sentence for each rape from eight to nine years’ incarceration. This resulted in an aggregate sentence of forty-five years. Fults argues that his sentence should be reduced to forty years, the presumptive sentence for five rape convictions. Fults is not entitled to a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, as…