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COTTON v. MABRY

No. 81-1824.

674 F.2d 701 (1982)

Seymour X COTTON, Jr., Appellant, v. James MABRY, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided March 31, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark L. Ross, Ross & Ross, P.A., Little Rock, Ark., for appellant.

Steve Clark, Atty. Gen. by Leslie M. Powell, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, Ark., for appellee.

Before HEANEY, BRIGHT and ROSS, Circuit Judges.

ROSS, Circuit Judge.

Seymour X Cotton filed this petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 challenging a 1969 Cross County, Arkansas jury conviction for which he received a five year sentence and a 1969 Cross County guilty plea for which he received a 15 year suspended sentence. The district court1 adopted the magistrate's2 findings of fact and conclusions of law dated April 7, 1981,...

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