WILLIAMS v. LOCKHART

No. 85-1932.

784 F.2d 873 (1986)

Carlos G. WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. A.L. LOCKHART, Director, Arkansas Dept. of Correction, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided February 27, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roy Gene Sanders, Little Rock, Ark., for appellant.

Mary Beth Suddeth, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, Ark., for appellee.

Before HEANEY, JOHN R. GIBSON and FAGG, Circuit Judges.


HEANEY, Circuit Judge.

Carlos Williams appeals from the district court's denial of his petition for habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Williams claims that he is entitled to habeas relief because he was denied a fundamentally fair trial and effective assistance of counsel. We affirm.

In March 1983, a jury convicted Williams of theft of property. He was found to be a habitual offender and sentenced to twenty years in the Arkansas Department of Correction...

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