Raymond L. Moss v. Charles L. Wolff, Jr., Warden, Nebraska Penal and Correctional Complex

STEPHENSON, Circuit Judge.

Appellant, Raymond L. Moss, stands convicted in Nebraska state court for sodomy, robbery and the using of a firearm during a felony. The jury conviction was affirmed by the Nebraska Supreme Court. State v. Moss, 187 Neb. 391, 191 N.W.2d 543 (1971). Appellant’s initial 28 U.S.C. § 2254 proceeding was stayed pending state post-conviction relief proceedings. The state trial court’s denial of post-conviction relief was affirmed. State v. Moss, 191 Neb. 36, 214 N.W.2d 15 (1973). Subsequently, appellant instituted the instant § 2254 proceeding. The trial court 1 held an…