WARD v. LOCKHART

87-1341.

841 F.2d 844 (1988)

John Andrew WARD, Appellant, v. A.L. LOCKHART, Director, Arkansas Dept. of Correction, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided March 9, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nelwyn L. Davis, Little Rock, Ark., for appellant.

William F. Knight, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, Ark., for appellee.

Before McMILLIAN, Circuit Judge, ROSS, Senior Circuit Judge, and BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.


ROSS, Senior Circuit Judge.

John Andrew Ward, an Arkansas state prisoner serving a thirty-year sentence for burglary and theft of property, appeals the denial of his pro se petition for a writ of habeas corpus brought under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. He argues on appeal that there was insufficient evidence to support his burglary conviction. Ward also asserts, for the first time, that he was denied effective assistance of counsel...

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