John S. Bergmann v. Gary McCaughtry

ROVNER, Circuit Judge.

John Bergmann was convicted of first degree reckless injury with a dangerous weapon, kidnapping while armed with a dangerous weapon, intimidation of a witness, and theft from a person. He appeals from the district court’s order denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Because Bergmann’s constitutional rights were not impinged during the course of his trial, we affirm the district court’s judgment.

I. BACKGROUND

Bergmann’s convictions arise out of the early morning kidnapping and battery of Christine Trawitzki on Monday, October 2, 1989. Prior to that incident,…