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002764P.pdf   01/29/2002  John Sexton  v.  Mike Kemna
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  00-2764
   Western District of Missouri   
   Prisoner case - habeas. Imposition of same sentence for fewer 
   counts of conviction after Sexton successfully appeal his 
   initial conviction did not violate North Carolina v. Pearce, 
   395 U.S. 711 (1969); evidence of sodomy was constitutionally 
   sufficient; limitations on cross-examination of minor victim 
   were not a denial of Sexton's Confrontation Clause rights; 
   ineffective assistance of counsel claims were procedurally 
   defaulted. Dissent by Judge Richard S. Arnold on the Pearce issue.