CHAMBERS v. LOCKHART

No. 88-2084.

872 F.2d 274 (1989)

Billy J. CHAMBERS, Appellant, v. A.L. LOCKHART, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided April 21, 1989.

Rehearing Denied May 19, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. Brown, Little Rock, Ark., for appellant.

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

Before WOLLMAN and BEAM, Circuit Judges, and BRIGHT, Senior Circuit Judge.


BEAM, Circuit Judge.

Billy J. Chambers appeals the denial of his application for a writ of habeas corpus by the district court.1 We affirm.

I. Background

In April of 1981, Billy Chambers was convicted in Arkansas state court of the rape, by deviate sexual activity, of a six-year-old girl. His conviction was affirmed by the Arkansas Supreme Court, Chambers v. State, 275 Ark. 177, 628 S.W.2d 306...

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