GROOMS v. LOCKHART

No. 89-2896EA.

919 F.2d 505 (1990)

William GROOMS, Appellant, v. A.L. LOCKHART, Director, Arkansas Department of Corrections, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided November 23, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey Rosenzweig, Little Rock, Ark., for appellant.

Kent Jolliff, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, Ark., for appellee.

Before BOWMAN and WOLLMAN, Circuit Judges, and FLOYD R. GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge.


PER CURIAM.

William Grooms appeals the magistrate's1 denial of habeas relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Finding no error in the magistrate's ruling, we affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

On September 23, 1982, William Grooms was convicted by a jury of theft by receiving, a class C felony, and of being a habitual offender. He was sentenced to a term of twenty years in the Arkansas Department of Corrections. The prosecution did not...

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