YORK v. LOCKHART

No. 87-2429.

856 F.2d 61 (1988)

Erma JoAnn YORK, Appellant, v. A.L. LOCKHART, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided September 6, 1988.

Rehearing Denied October 3, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

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

Before FAGG and MAGILL, Circuit Judges, SNEED, Senior Circuit Judge.


MAGILL, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner Erma JoAnn York (York) appeals the denial of her petition for writ of habeas corpus. We affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

This case arises out of York's involvement in a 1983 robbery and murder in Arkansas. On advice of counsel, York pled guilty to one count of first degree murder and three counts of forgery, to avoid the possibility of receiving the death penalty. She received consecutive sentences totalling seventy years....

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