Legal Opinion
Steven Anthony Sera v. Larry Norris, Director, Arkansas Department of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided March 7, 2005No. 04-1532PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.
Steven Anthony Sera was convicted by an. Arkansas jury on eight criminal counts related to his use of Rohypnol, a so-called “date rape drug,” to perpetrate sex crimes against two women in Arkansas. After the Arkansas Supreme Court affirmed his convictions on appeal, Sera filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (2000) challenging only his conviction on one count of rape. The District Court granted Sera’s petition on the ground that the evidence was insufficient to support a finding of rape. Because we determine, in concordance with the…
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