Legal Opinion
Jimmy Lewis James v. State of Iowa
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided November 13, 1996No. 96-1126PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HEANEY, Circuit Judge.
Jimmy Lewis James was convicted in Iowa of first-degree kidnapping, assault with intent to commit sexual abuse, and third-degree sexual abuse. The court sentenced him to a mandatory term of life imprisonment. The Iowa Supreme Court affirmed his conviction. State v. James, 393 N.W.2d 465 (Iowa 1986). James applied for state post-conviction relief, which was denied by a state district court and affirmed on appeal by the Iowa Supreme Court; a three-justice panel dismissed James’s appeal under Iowa Rules of Appellate Procedure. 1 James next petitioned for a writ of habeas…
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