COUNTRY v. FOSTER

No. 85-2532.

806 F.2d 182 (1986)

Reginald COUNTRY, Appellant, v. William FOSTER, Superintendent.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided November 26, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anne E. Winner, Lincoln, Neb., for appellant.

Linda Willard, Asst. Atty. Gen., Lincoln, Neb., for Superintendent.

Before ROSS, JOHN R. GIBSON, and FAGG, Circuit Judges.


ROSS, Circuit Judge.

Reginald Country appeals from the district court's1 order denying his second 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (1982) petition. We affirm.

On December 13, 1974, Country pled nolo contendere to a forcible rape charge in Nebraska; in exchange, the prosecution dropped an habitual criminal charge. Country received a ten to thirty year sentence. His conviction was affirmed on appeal to the Nebraska Supreme Court, and...

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