Lowell Cochrell v. James Purkett

ROSS, Circuit Judge.

Appellant Lowell Cochrell seeks reversal of the district court’s 1 denial of his habeas corpus petition on the ground that his claim was barred as successive and that he failed to demonstrate cause to excuse the successive claim. We affirm.

I

Appellant was convicted of rape and was sentenced to 35 years imprisonment as a second-time offender. The Missouri Court of Appeals affirmed appellant’s conviction and sentence. State v. Cochrell, 492 S.W.2d 22. On May 13, 1973, appellant filed his first federal habeas corpus petition, alleging that the identification by the victim was…