THOMAS v. LOCKHART

No. PB-C-82-110.

569 F.Supp. 454 (1983)

Otis Darnell THOMAS, Plaintiff, v. A.L. LOCKHART, Director of Arkansas Department of Correction, Defendant.

United States District Court, E.D. Arkansas, Pine Bluff Division.

July 25, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Wellenberger, Monticello, Ark., for plaintiff.

Steve Clark, Atty. Gen. of Ark. by William C. Mann, III, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, Ark., for defendant.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

GEORGE HOWARD, Jr., District Judge.

This is a petition for a writ of habeas corpus by a 23 year old black male who was sentenced, after entering a plea of guilty, to the Arkansas Department of Correction for a period of thirty years on December 6, 1979, on a charge of forcible rape involving a white female in Drew County, Arkansas. Petitioner was represented by court appointed counsel.

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