JEAN v. RICE

No. 90-6621.

945 F.2d 82 (1991)

Lesly JEAN, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Nathan A. RICE, Warden; Lacy Thornburg, Attorney General of North Carolina, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided May 22, 1991.

As Amended June 21, 1991.

Publication Ordered August 20, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul M. Green, North Carolina Prisoner Legal Services, Inc., Raleigh, N.C., argued, for petitioner-appellant.

Richard Norwood League, Sp. Deputy Atty. Gen., argued (Lacy H. Thornburg, Atty. Gen. of N.C., on brief), Raleigh, N.C., for respondents-appellees.

Before WIDENER and SPROUSE, Circuit Judges, and WARD, Senior District Judge for the Middle District of North Carolina, sitting by designation.


PER CURIAM:

Defendant, Lesly Jean, was convicted of rape and sexual assault after trial by jury in North Carolina state court and sentenced to two consecutive life terms. After exhausting his state court appeals and post-conviction remedies, he filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in federal district court, contending that his conviction was based on the use of hypnotically enhanced testimony that violated his rights under the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments...

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