Raymond v. Weber

MURPHY, Circuit Judge.

Roger Allen Raymond was convicted in South Dakota of sexual contact with a minor and of being an habitual offender; he was sentenced to life in prison without possibility of parole. On direct appeal, the South Dakota Supreme Court affirmed Raymond’s conviction and sentence. After several unsuccessful attempts at state ha-beas relief, Raymond petitioned the feder al district court 1 for a writ of habeas corpus. The petition was denied, and Raymond was granted a certifícate of appeala-bility on three issues, all of which have been briefed and argued. We now affirm.

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In 1994…