Legal Opinion
Heffernan v. Norris
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided February 23, 1995No. 94-1223PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOKEN, Circuit Judge.
Arkansas inmate Robert Heffernan appeals the denial of his third petition for a writ of habeas corpus, asserting that the involuntary administration of antipsychotic drugs deprived him of a fair trial. The district court1 denied Heffernaris petition on the ground that the Supreme Court’s recent decision in Riggins v. Nevada, 504 U.S. 127, 112 S.Ct. 1810, 118 L.Ed.2d 479 (1992), does not excuse his procedural default and abuse of the writ. We affirm.
Heffernan was charged with the February 1980 rape and murder of a fourteen-year-old girl in Saline County, Arkansas. In…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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3Cited by17 opinions
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