Legal Opinion

Jerry Lee Olesen v. Joe Class, Warden, South Dakota State Penitentiary

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided January 4, 1999No. 97-1892PublishedCited by 43 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.

Jerry Lee Olesen was convicted in a South Dakota court on two counts of unlawful sexual contact with a child under sixteen, two counts of second-degree rape, and one count of third-degree rape, based on alleged sexual contact with his daughters, three-year-old A.T., five-year-old L.Z., and nineteen-year-old L.S. After his convictions were affirmed, see State v. Olesen, 443 N.W.2d 8 (S.D.1989), and his state habeas corpus petition was denied, see Olesen v. Lee, 524 N.W.2d 616 (S.D.1994), Mr. Olesen filed a federal habeas corpus petition pursuant to 28…

2Cases cited29 opinions

  1. Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Kotteakos v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
  3. Brecht v. AbrahamsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
  4. Delaware v. Van ArsdallSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  5. Ohio v. RobertsSupreme Court of the United States · 1980

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3Cited by43 opinions

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