ELLEFSON v. HOPKINS

No. 93-1419.

5 F.3d 1149 (1993)

Richard James ELLEFSON, Appellant, v. Frank X. HOPKINS, Interim Warden, Nebraska State Penitentiary, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided September 28, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brent M. Bloom, Omaha, NE, argued, for appellant.

Mark D. Starr, Asst. Atty. Gen., Lincoln, NE, argued, for appellee.

Before McMILLIAN, HANSEN, and MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

Richard James Ellefson, a Nebraska inmate, appeals the district court's1 denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition. We affirm.

In March 1982, a Nebraska jury found Ellefson guilty of burglary and sexual assault; the court sentenced him to consecutive terms of not less than five nor more than ten years for the burglary, and not less than fifteen nor more than twenty-five years for the assault. Ellefson appealed and...

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