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COPE v. LOCKHART

No. PB-C-88-216.

744 F.Supp. 906 (1990)

Vernon Ray COPE, Petitioner, v. A.L. LOCKHART, Director of the Arkansas Department of Correction, Respondent.

United States District Court, E.D. Arkansas, Pine Bluff Division.

August 27, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vernon Ray Cope, pro se.

Lynley C. Arnett, Asst. Atty. Gen., State of Ark., Little Rock, Ark., for respondent.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

HENRY WOODS, District Judge.

INTRODUCTION. The Court has received a pro se application for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 from petitioner, Vernon Ray Cope. He is currently serving two consecutive life sentences in the custody of the Arkansas Department of Correction. See Application at 2.

On June 25, 1986, petitioner was convicted in Craighead County Circuit Court of two counts of...

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