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THOMAS v. LOCKHART

No. 83-2321.

738 F.2d 304 (1984)

Otis Darnell THOMAS, Appellee, v. A.L. LOCKHART, Director of Arkansas Department of Correction, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided July 5, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert B. Wellenberger, Dallas, Tex., for appellee.

Steve Clark, Atty. Gen. by Velda West Vanderbilt, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, Ark., for appellant.

Before LAY, Chief Judge, HEANEY and BOWMAN, Circuit Judges.

BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.

A.L. Lockhart, Director of the Arkansas Department of Correction, appeals from the District Court's order granting the petition of Otis Darnell Thomas for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254.1 We agree with the District Court that Thomas did not receive effective assistance of counsel; consequently he did not make a voluntary, knowing, and intelligent guilty plea. See Thomas v. Lockhart,

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