Legal Opinion
William Culkin v. James D. Purkett Jeremiah Nixon, Attorney General
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided March 7, 1995No. 94-2195PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.
William Culkin appeals from the judgment of the District Court 1 dismissing his petition for 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (1988) habeas corpus relief. We affirm.
I
In 1987, Culkin was convicted by a jury in a Missouri court of two counts of sodomy and one count of rape against his ten-year-old niece, and he was sentenced to two concurrent twelve-year terms on the sodomy convictions and a consecutive twelve-year term on the rape conviction. On direct appeal, the Missouri Court of Appeals in May 1989 affirmed the judgment of the trial court. Ten days later, the victim, B.J.B., signed an…
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- United States v. Frederick Gordon DoddingtonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1987
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- Johnny E. Wilson v. Mike KemnaCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1994
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3Cited by26 opinions
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