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SPILLERS v. LOCKHART

No. 85-1749.

802 F.2d 1007 (1986)

Ray Lee SPILLERS, Appellant, v. A.L. LOCKHART, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided September 30, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory E. Bryant, Little Rock, Ark., for appellant.

Theodore Holder, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, Ark., for appellee.

Before JOHN R. GIBSON and WOLLMAN, Circuit Judges, and HARPER, Senior District Judge.

JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.

Ray Lee Spillers appeals from the judgment of the district court1 denying his petition for habeas corpus brought under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (1982). He argues that the district court erred in failing to hold an evidentiary hearing on his claim that he was denied effective assistance of counsel, both at trial and on direct appeal to the state supreme court; that the admission of unspecified hearsay evidence...

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