Legal Opinion
Steven L. Toney v. James A. Gammon Jeremiah (Jay) W. Nixon
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided March 29, 1996No. 94-4030PublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROSS, Circuit Judge.
Steven L. Toney appeals from the district court’s judgment denying his petition for writ of habeas corpus. We affirm in part and reverse in part.
I
Toney was convicted of the rape and sodomy of Kelly Eve Morris. Morris testified that on September 30, 1982, she arrived at her apartment complex about 3:00 a.m. and noticed a man on the stair landing. She testified that when she reached her apartment door she was grabbed from behind by a man who covered her mouth and nose with his hand and held a knife blade to her throat. The man dragged her down the stairs and outside to a…
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