George D. Buck v. Herb Maschner, and Attorney General of the State of Kansas, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Amicus Curiae

SETH, Circuit Judge.

George D. Buck (“petitioner”) appeals the district court’s order denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Petitioner contends that the introduction of evidence used in a prior alleged molestation of children charge for which he had been tried and acquitted, violated his constitutional rights.

In the prior charge, in August 1982, petitioner was accused of taking indecent liberties with three children, Deborah, Damien, and Danyelle, in violation of Kan.Stat.Ann. § 21-3503. At his trial in April 1983, the three children testified to events that allegedly occurred when…