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WILLIAMS v. STATE OF ARK.

No. 90-1069WA.

927 F.2d 409 (1991)

James Edward WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. STATE OF ARKANSAS; Ashley County; Chicot County, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided March 6, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James B. Bennett, El Dorado, Ark., for appellant.

J. Brent Standridge, Little Rock, Ark., for appellees.

Before JOHN GIBSON and BOWMAN, Circuit Judges, and HANSON, District Judge.

HANSON, Senior District Judge.

Williams appeals the decision of the district court1 denying his petition for habeas corpus relief. We affirm.

In 1974, Williams was found guilty of first degree murder in Arkansas and sentenced to life imprisonment. He did not appeal the conviction nor file any state postconviction action. In 1989, he filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. section 2254.

In his petition...

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