WALKER v. LOCKHART

No. 86-1041.

807 F.2d 136 (1986)

Edward Louis WALKER, Appellant, v. A.L. LOCKHART, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided December 16, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marie-Bernarde Miller, Little Rock, Ark., for appellant.

Sandra Johnson-Buchanan, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, Ark., for appellee.

Before HEANEY and BOWMAN, Circuit Judges, and REGAN, Senior District Judge.


HEANEY, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner Edward Louis Walker, an inmate at the Cummins Unit of the Arkansas Department of Corrections, appeals from the district court's denial of habeas relief. 28 U.S.C. § 2254. We reverse.

On November 29, 1982, a jury convicted Walker of three counts of forgery in the second degree and of one count of theft of property in the Jefferson County, Arkansas, Circuit Court. The jury sentenced Walker as a habitual offender to sentences...

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