BAKER v. STATE OF ARKANSAS

No. 74-1665.

505 F.2d 750 (1974)

Barney J. BAKER, Appellant, v. STATE OF ARKANSAS, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided November 19, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barney J. Baker, pro se.

James Guy Tucker, Atty. Gen., and Jack T. Lassiter, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, Ark., for appellee.

Before LAY and HEANEY, Circuit Judges, and TALBOT SMITH, Senior District Judge.


PER CURIAM.

Petitioner Baker, an Arkansas prisoner, appeals the dismissal of his habeas corpus petition1 in which he challenges Rule 8(d) of the Rules of the Supreme Court of Arkansas. That rule provides:

Pro Se Briefs will be accepted only in those criminal appeals in which the appellant has knowingly and intelligently refused the services of an attorney on appeal. Such a brief shall be accompanied by an affidavit that the appellant...

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