Glover v. Cain & Ieyoub

JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:

Ronald Glover appeals the denial of his petition for writ of habeas corpus. Concluding that he has failed to demonstrate cause for his procedural default, we affirm.

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In 1985, during a single proceeding encompassing two separate cases, Glover pleaded guilty to four counts of armed robbery, three counts of forcible rape, four coimts of simple kidnapping, three counts of aggravated crimes against nature, three additional counts of armed robbery, and one count of attempted armed robbery. He was sentenced to forty years’ hard labor.

Glover’s long march through the…