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HOUSTON v. HOUSEWRIGHT

No. 81-2155.

678 F.2d 757 (1982)

Charles HOUSTON, Appellant, v. Vernon HOUSEWRIGHT, Commissioner of Arkansas Department of Correction, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided May 20, 1982.

Rehearing Denied June 23, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gill, Skokos, Simpson, Buford & Owen, Little Rock, Ark., for appellant.

Steve Clark, Atty. Gen. by Victra L. Fewell, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, Ark., for appellee.

Before BRIGHT and HENLEY, Circuit Judges, and BARTLETT, District Judge.

HENLEY, Circuit Judge.

Charles Houston has appealed the district court's1 denial of his petition for writ of habeas corpus. For reasons to be stated, we affirm.

Houston was tried and convicted on July 27, 1976 for aggravated robbery and was sentenced as an habitual offender to a term of life imprisonment without parole by the Pulaski County, Arkansas Circuit Court. He was represented at trial by J. H. Cottrell, who had been retained...

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