Ricky Carter v. Bill Armontrout

BEAM, Circuit Judge.

Ricky Carter appeals from the district court’s denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. See 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (1988). He asserts that the district court erroneously denied relief on two of the claims raised in his petition and incorrectly found that two other claims were procedurally barred. We affirm.

In May of 1984, Carter was convicted in Missouri state court of forcible rape and sentenced, as a persistent sexual offender, to thirty years imprisonment. At trial, the victim’s testimony revealed that Carter, Larry Walker and several other men forced her to engage…