HARRIS v. LOCKHART

No. 84-1247.

743 F.2d 619 (1984)

Elisha Thomas HARRIS, Appellant, v. A.L. LOCKHART, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided September 13, 1984.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied October 24, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donna Smith Galchus, House, Wallace & Jewell, P.A., Little Rock, Ark., for appellant, Elisha Thomas Harris.

Steve Clark, Atty. Gen., by Michael E. Wheeler, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, Ark., for appellee.

Before ROSS, McMILLIAN and FAGG, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied October 24, 1984.

PER CURIAM.

Elisha Thomas Harris appeals from the federal district court's dismissal of his application for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. For reversal Harris argues that the state court denied his sixth amendment rights (1) to a fair and impartial jury, by commenting on a witness' testimony, and (2) to present witnesses on his own behalf...

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