Sean Riggins v. Larry Norris, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction

HANSEN, Circuit Judge.

Sean Riggins appeals the district court’s 1 denial of his petition for writ of habeas corpus, filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (1994 & Supp. IV 1998). We affirm.

Riggins was convicted in Arkansas state court on one count of first-degree murder and was sentenced as a habitual offender to a 50-year term of imprisonment. The Supreme Court of Arkansas affirmed the conviction in September 1994. See Riggins v. State, 317 Ark. 636, 882 S.W.2d 664 (1994). In November 1994, Riggins filed a petition for postconviction relief pursuant to Ark. R.Crim. P. 37.1. Riggins claimed that…