Legal Opinion
Dorsey v. McKune
District Court, D. Kansas
Decided May 16, 2008No. Case 07-3204-JWLPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
JOHN W. LUNGSTRUM, District Judge.
Petitioner James L. Dorsey was convicted in Kansas state court of one count of aggravated indecent liberties with a child, and he remains in state custody. This matter comes before the Court on petitioner’s pro se petition for relief pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Doc. # 1), by which he alleges various constitutional errors con cerning his trial and sentence. For the reasons set forth below, the Court denies the petition.
I. Background
In April 2003, petitioner was tried and convicted in the District Court of Johnson County, Kansas on a…
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