Byrd v. Tessmer

Petitioner-Appellant appeals from a judgment of the district court, denying his *148petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254.

I

At about 12:20 a.m. on January 2, 1987, a man seized the victim from her car as she arrived at her residence. He forced her into the back seat of another car, which she described as a red Pontiac Fire-bird with a brown bowling bag inside. The original assailant sat in the back seat with the victim while another man drove five to ten minutes to a secluded location. Upon stopping the car, the driver also moved to the back seat. The victim was forced…