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WATKINS v. MELOY

No. 95-1585.

95 F.3d 4 (1996)

Gary D. WATKINS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Christopher MELOY, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 16, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John R. Maley (argued), Martin Montes, Barnes & Thornburg, Indianapolis, IN, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Robert L. Collins (argued), Office of the Atty. Gen., Indianapolis, IN, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before POSNER, Chief Judge, and FLAUM and EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judges.

POSNER, Chief Judge.

Gary Watkins was convicted in 1983 by a jury in an Indiana state court of having attempted to rape S.H., and was sentenced to 30 years in prison. Some years after exhausting his state remedies, Watkins v. State, 460 N.E.2d 514 (Ind.1984), Watkins brought this action for federal habeas corpus, and he appeals from the denial of relief by the district court. The only issue that merits discussion is whether...

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