Legal Opinion
Russell Hillman McKinnon v. A.L. Lockhart, Director, A.D.C.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided December 31, 1990No. 90-1708PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Per curiam
Russell H. McKinnon was convicted of rape by a jury in Arkansas state court in 1984. He appeals from the district court’s 1 denial of his petition for writ of habeas corpus, alleging that the district court erred by finding his claims procedurally barred. We affirm.
BACKGROUND
McKinnon was found guilty of rape by deviate sexual activity in violation of Ark. StatAnn. § 41-1803 (1977). He allegedly forced an eleven-year-old girl who was babysitting his children to submit to oral copulation. The state’s evidence mainly consisted of the victim’s testimony; no physical evidence corroborated the…
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