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HILL v. LOCKHART

No. 84-1103.

474 U.S. 52 (1985)

HILL v. LOCKHART, DIRECTOR, ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 18, 1985

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack T. Lassiter, by appointment of the Court, 471 U.S. 1064, argued the cause and filed a brief for petitioner.

John Steven Clark, Attorney General of Arkansas, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief was Alice Ann Burns, Deputy Attorney General.

JUSTICE REHNQUIST delivered the opinion of the Court.

Petitioner William Lloyd Hill pleaded guilty in the Arkansas trial court to charges of first-degree murder and theft of property. More than two years later he sought federal habeas relief on the ground that his court-appointed attorney had failed to advise him that, as a second offender, he was required to serve one-half of his sentence before becoming eligible for parole. The United States District Court for the...

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