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LAWRENCE v. LOCKHART

No. 84-1249.

767 F.2d 449 (1985)

Gary LAWRENCE, Appellant, v. A.L. LOCKHART, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided July 8, 1985.

Rehearing Denied August 13, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John L. Burnett, Little Rock, Ark., for appellant.

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

Before ARNOLD, Circuit Judge, HENLEY, Senior Circuit Judge, and JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.

HENLEY, Senior Circuit Judge.

Gary Lawrence was convicted in Arkansas state court of felony theft, and received an enhanced fifteen-year sentence under an habitual offender statute, Ark.Stat.Ann. § 41-1001 (1977) (amended 1983). His conviction was affirmed on direct appeal and his request for post-conviction relief was denied.

Petitioner filed a habeas corpus petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 alleging ineffective...

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