O'CONNOR v. Leapley

GORS, Circuit Judge.

John S. “Jack” O’Connor (O’Connor) appeals from a trial court order denying his application for a writ of habeas corpus. We affirm.

FACTS

O’Connor, who is no stranger to this court,1 was convicted of grand theft and conspiracy to commit burglary and grand theft arising out of a quarter million dollar theft on January 3, 1982, from the Minne-haha County Food Stamp Office. The conviction, State v. O’Connor, 378 N.W.2d 248 (S.D.1985), and resentencing, State v. O’Connor, 408 N.W.2d 754 (S.D.1987), were affirmed on direct review.

O’Connor applied for a writ of habeas corpus…