Legal Opinion
Ernest C. Harper v. Crispus Nix, Robert M. Spire
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided March 17, 1989No. 87-2656PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LAY, Chief Judge.
Ernest Harper appeals the district court’s 1 dismissal of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. We affirm. In late 1981, Harper was arrested and charged in relation to an October 3, 1981, robbery of a Wendy’s restaurant in which two women employees were raped. The victims had described their assailants as two black men who wore masks during the robbery. One of the individuals participating in the robbery was described as wearing dark pants with red trim, or a red belt, around the waist. Harper was convicted in Nebraska state district court of one count of first degree…
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