JACKSON v. HUTTO

No. 74-1711.

508 F.2d 890 (1975)

Samuel S. JACKSON, Appellant, v. Terrell Don HUTTO, Commissioner, Arkansas Department of Correction, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided January 9, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel S. Jackson, pro se.

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

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


PER CURIAM.

Samuel S. Jackson, an Arkansas state prisoner, seeks relief in federal court from a state conviction and incarceration for robbery. Essentially, Jackson presents two grounds in support of his contention that he was convicted in violation of his constitutional rights:

1) the Arkansas trial court did not instruct the jury on the limited credibility to be given accomplice testimony; and 2) the trial judge, in the absence of the defendant...

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