SALAM v. LOCKHART

No. 88-1689.

874 F.2d 525 (1989)

Bilal Ali SALAM, Appellant, v. A.L. LOCKHART, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided May 8, 1989.

Rehearing Denied June 2, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David A. Hodges, Little Rock, Ark., for appellant.

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

Before MAGILL, Circuit Judge, and HEANEY, Senior Circuit Judge, and BEAM, Circuit Judge.


BEAM, Circuit Judge.

Bilal Ali Salam, formerly known as Kevin Robinson, appeals from the district court's1 denial of his petition for habeas corpus relief from two separate convictions. The district court ordered the State of Arkansas to allow a belated appeal from the third conviction. We affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

On November 9, 1980, Lisa Nichols, a nine-year-old girl, was approached by a black male who requested that Lisa...

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