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WILLIAMS v. LOCKHART

No. 89-2620.

927 F.2d 374 (1991)

Rodney D. WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. A.L. LOCKHART, Director Arkansas Department of Corrections, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided February 28, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Barttlet, Jonesboro, Ark., for appellant.

William F. Knight, Little Rock, Ark., for appellee.

Before BOWMAN and WOLLMAN, Circuit Judges, and ROSS, Senior Circuit Judge.

ROSS, Senior Circuit Judge.

Petitioner, Rodney D. Williams, was convicted by a jury of first degree murder and aggravated robbery in Arkansas state court in 1981 and was sentenced to life imprisonment. In 1985, petitioner's attorney, Larry P. Vaught, filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus in federal district court alleging that appellant's conviction was obtained by the use of a coerced confession and by the improper use of evidence of other crimes. The district...

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