Legal Opinion
William James Nims, Jr. v. Warden John Ault
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided June 5, 2001No. 99-4331PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BEAM, Circuit Judge.
William Nims appeals from the district court’s1 denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition. We affirm.
1. PROCEDURAL HISTORY
Nims was convicted of kidnapping and sexually abusing an eight-year-old girl in Iowa in May 1983. At trial, Nims did not dispute the fact that he kidnapped and sexually assaulted the girl, but instead relied upon a diminished capacity defense. The Iowa Supreme Court affirmed the conviction, State v. Nims, 357 N.W.2d 608 (Iowa 1984), and the Iowa Court of Appeals affirmed the denial of Nim’s application for post-conviction relief, Nims v. State, 401 N.W.2d…
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