Cross v. White

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY PADUCAH DIVISION QUINCY OMAR CROSS, PETITIONER v. No. 5:15-cv-158-BJB RANDY WHITE, WARDEN RESPONDENT * * * * * MEMORANDUM OPINION & ORDER Quincy Omar Cross petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus under

28 U.S.C. § 2254

seeking relief from a state conviction for the kidnapping, rape, and murder of Jessica Currin. During Cross’s trial, two women—Victoria Caldwell and Vinisha Stubblefield—testified that Cross sexually harassed Currin, forced her to Jeff Burton’s house, struck her, sexually assaulted her while she was unconscious, strangled…