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ELLIS v. LOCKHART

No. 88-1490.

875 F.2d 200 (1989)

Sampson ELLIS, Appellant, v. A.L. LOCKHART, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided May 24, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Phillip H. McMath, Little Rock, Ark., for appellant.

J. Brent Standridge, Little Rock, Ark., for appellee.

Before ARNOLD and JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judges, and ROSENBAUM, District Judge.

ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.

Sampson Ellis was convicted of rape on August 23, 1977, in the Circuit Court of Cleveland County, Arkansas, and sentenced to life in prison. He brings this habeas corpus petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, claiming his conviction is invalid under the Constitution of the United States. The District Court1 dismissed the petition, and we affirm.

Ellis's principal claim, and the one on which his other claims...

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