Willie James Jeffries, Jr. v. Crispus C. Nix, Warden

BEAM, Circuit Judge.

Willie James Jeffries, Jr. appeals from the district court’s 1 denial of his petition for writ of habeas corpus filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (1988). In 1986, Jeffries was convicted by a jury of sexual abuse in the first degree. On appeal, Jeffries argues that: the district court erred in denying his petition because the trial court should have allowed Jeffries to present evidence of his victim’s prior sexual conduct, and of her alleged drug-induced delusions of sexual abuse. Because the Iowa rape shield law, Iowa R.Evid. 412, prohibits Jef-fries from introducing…