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TIPPITT v. LOCKHART

No. 89-1876.

903 F.2d 552 (1990)

Bobby Gene TIPPITT, Appellant, v. A.L. LOCKHART, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided May 11, 1990.

Rehearing Denied July 12, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ray F. Cox, Jr., Little Rock, Ark., for appellant.

J. Denhammcclendon, Little Rock, Ark., for appellee.

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

FLOYD R. GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge.

Bobby Gene Tippitt appeals the denial of his writ of habeas corpus by the district court1 due to procedural errors. Because we conclude that his habeas claims for ineffective assistance of counsel were not first raised in his state petitions for relief and that he has not shown cause why they should now be heard, we affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

Tippitt was charged with capital felony murder...

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