CLARK v. LOCKHART

No. 74-1692.

512 F.2d 235 (1975)

Floyd E. CLARK, Appellant, v. A. L. LOCKHART, Superintendent, Cummins Unit, Arkansas Department of Correction, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided March 18, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Newcomb, Atty., for Inmates, Department for Correction, Pine Bluff, Ark., for appellant.

Jack Lassiter, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, Ark., for appellee.

Before BRIGHT, STEPHENSON, and WEBSTER, Circuit Judges.


BRIGHT, Circuit Judge.

Floyd Clark brought a petition for habeas corpus to set aside a 1971 Arkansas conviction, entered upon his guilty plea to a charge of rape, and a sentence of 75 years' imprisonment imposed by a jury impaneled to decide punishment. Clark appeals from the district court's denial of relief. We affirm the judgment of the district court.

The appellant raises the following issues:

1) the state failed to prove that his plea of guilty...

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