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TREADWELL v. LOCKHART

No. 91-1593.

948 F.2d 453 (1991)

Chester TREADWELL, Appellant, v. A.L. LOCKHART, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided November 1, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ted Thomas, Little Rock, Ark., for appellant.

Kelly Hill, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, for appellee.

Before LAY, Chief Judge, HENLEY, Senior Circuit Judge, and MAGILL, Circuit Judge.

HENLEY, Senior Circuit Judge.

Chester Treadwell, an Arkansas inmate, appeals from an order of the district court1 dismissing his habeas corpus petition filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. We affirm.

The sole issue on appeal concerns Treadwell's claim that the state trial court failed to conduct a competency hearing before accepting his guilty plea to first degree murder. Along with other issues, Treadwell raised the claim...

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