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SMITH v. LOCKHART

No. 82-1496.

697 F.2d 267 (1983)

Robert SMITH, Appellant, v. A.L. LOCKHART, Director, Arkansas Department of Corrections, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided January 12, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steve Clark, Atty. Gen. by Arnold M. Jochums, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, Ark., for appellee.

Mary Beth Sudduth, Conway, Ark., for appellant.

Before BRIGHT, Circuit Judge, FLOYD R. GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge, and McMILLIAN, Circuit Judge.

BRIGHT, Circuit Judge.

Robert Smith appeals from the district court's judgment1 dismissing his petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Smith contends that the state trial court denied his sixth amendment right to a fair trial by instructing the jury not to consider returning a verdict of not guilty. We affirm.

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