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HARRIS v. HOUSEWRIGHT

No. 82-1075.

697 F.2d 202 (1982)

Johnny Franklin HARRIS, Appellant, v. Vernon HOUSEWRIGHT, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided December 28, 1982.

Rehearing Denied February 4, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allan Gates (Court-appointed), Mitchell, Williams & Selig, Little Rock, Ark., for appellant.

Steve Clark, Atty. Gen. by Dennis R. Molock, Deputy Atty. Gen., Little Rock, Ark., for appellee.

Before LAY, Chief Judge, HEANEY, Circuit Judge, and HENLEY, Senior Circuit Judge.

HEANEY, Circuit Judge.

Johnny Franklin Harris appeals from the district court's1 denial of his petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. He contends that he did not receive effective assistance of counsel in a state court jury trial in which he was convicted of aggravated robbery and murder, and sentenced to life imprisonment without parole.2 Because we find that the performance...

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