Leonard John Hodgson v. Eddie Ylst

2 F.3d 1157 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Leonard John HODGSON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Eddie YLST, Respondent-Appellee. No. 92-16820. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted June 17, 1993. Decided Aug. 2, 1993. Before FAIRCHILD, ** BEEZER and WIGGINS, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM * I. OVERVIEW 2 On May 17, 1984, following a trial by jury in the Yolo County, California Superior Court, Leonard John Hodgson was convicted of one count of forcible rape, Cal.Pen.Code Sec. 261(2), and one count of forcible oral copulation, Cal.Pen.Code Sec. 288a(c), the details of which are set out in the opinion of the Court of Appeals for the Third Appellate District, No. COO1000 (Dec. 14, 1987), Appellant's Excerpts of Record at 42-48. Hodgson was sentenced to concurrent terms of 21 years. 1 After exhausting state remedies, through both direct appeals and a number of state habeas corpus actions, Hodgson filed a petition for habeas corpus relief…