Legal Opinion
Sera v. Norris
District Court, E.D. Arkansas
Decided January 21, 2004No. 5:01 CV 00381 JWCPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
CAVANEAU, United States Magistrate Judge.
Steven Sera, an Arkansas Department of Correction inmate, brings this petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, challenging his conviction for raping a Bradley County woman while she was under the influence of Rohypnol, the so-called “date rape” drug. For the following reasons, the Court 1 finds that the petition should be GRANTED.
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Background
In January 1997, Nancy Sera discovered that her husband, Petitioner, was having an extramarital affair. Some time later, she discovered a videotape depicting three…
2Cases cited47 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Apprendi v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Miller-El v. CockrellSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
- Williams v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Wong Sun v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Brown v. PalmerDistrict Court, E.D. Michigan · 2005
- Steven Anthony Sera v. Larry Norris, Director, Arkansas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2005
- Steven Anthony Sera v. Larry Norris, Director, Arkansas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2005