Gary D. Watkins v. Christopher Meloy

POSNER, Chief Judge.

Gary Watkins was convicted in 1983 by a jury in an Indiana state court of having attempted to rape S.H., and was sentenced to 30 years in prison. Some years after exhausting his state remedies, Watkins v. State, 460 N.E.2d 514 (Ind.1984), Watkins brought this action for federal habeas corpus, and he appeals from the denial of relief by the district court. The only issue that merits discussion is whether the admission of testimony of another woman, C.C., that Watkins had raped her denied Watkins due process of law. The state has expressly waived reliance on the recently…