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WALLACE v. LOCKHART

No. 82-1773.

701 F.2d 719 (1983)

Lewis C. WALLACE, Appellant, v. A.L. LOCKHART, Director of Arkansas Department of Corrections, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided March 7, 1983.

Rehearings Denied April 4 and April 25, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark L. Ross, Ross & Ross, P.A., Little Rock, Ark., for appellant.

Steve Clark, Atty. Gen., by Theodore Holder, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, Ark., for appellee.

Before BRIGHT, Circuit Judge, FLOYD R. GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge, and McMILLIAN, Circuit Judge.

FLOYD R. GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge.

Lewis C. Wallace appeals the denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (1976). We affirm the judgment of the district court.1

I. Factual Background

Wallace was convicted by a jury of kidnapping and capital felony murder and sentenced to fifteen years and life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. The evidence presented at...

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