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SMITH v. LOCKHART

No. 90-1431.

921 F.2d 154 (1990)

R.B. SMITH, Appellant, v. A.L. LOCKHART, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided December 7, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Maxie G. Kizer, Pine Bluff, Ark., for appellant.

Olan Reeves, Asst. Atty. Gen., Pine Bluff, Ark., for appellee.

Before LAY, Chief Judge, HEANEY, Senior Circuit Judge, and ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.

PER CURIAM.

R.B. Smith filed a federal habeas corpus petition alleging that his guilty plea was involuntary and that he received ineffective assistance of counsel at the plea proceeding. The district court1 dismissed his petition and denied him relief. We affirm the dismissal of the petition.

BACKGROUND

In 1982, Smith was charged, along with two other men, with capital murder, attempted capital murder, and with being...

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