HARRIS v. UNITED STATES

No. 89-2644.

938 F.2d 882 (1991)

Johnny F. HARRIS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided July 11, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Knollmeyer, Jacksonville, Ark., for appellant.

Linda B. Lipe, Little Rock, Ark., for appellee.

Before ARNOLD and BEAM, Circuit Judges, and BOGUE, Senior District Judge.


BEAM, Circuit Judge.

Johnny F. Harris was convicted of aiding and abetting armed bank robbery. He appeals from the district court's denial of his section 2255 motion, arguing that his trial counsel was constitutionally ineffective for failing to request a lesser-included-offense instruction. We affirm.

In January 1987, a man entered the First State Bank of Parkin, Arkansas and robbed it at gunpoint. He fled from the bank in a gold-colored Ford LTD, driven...

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