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041532P.pdf   03/07/2005  Steven Sera  v.  Larry Norris
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  04-1532
   Eastern District of Arkansas   
  Habeas Corpus - sufficiency of evidence. Grant of habeas relief based 
   on lack of sufficient evidence to support rape conviction is reversed, as 
   circumstantial evidence present was sufficient for any reasonable juror to 
   find defendant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Due process rights were 
   not violated by state court's reliance on prior sexual abuse as evidence 
   supporting conviction. Decision of state supreme court was not an 
   unreasonable application of clearly established federal law. Dissent by J. 
   Bright. [PUBLISHED] [Bowman, Author, with Bright and Melloy, 
   Circuit Judges]