VICK v. LOCKHART

No. 91-1304.

952 F.2d 999 (1991)

Nylon VICK, Appellant, v. A.L. LOCKHART, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided December 26, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas F. Meeks, Little Rock, Ark., argued, for appellant.

Olan W. Reeves, Little Rock, Ark., argued, for appellee.

Before LAY, Chief Judge, BRIGHT and HENLEY, Senior Circuit Judges.


HENLEY, Senior Circuit Judge.

Nylon Vick appeals from an order of the district court dismissing his habeas corpus petition filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. We reverse and remand.

Vick was convicted of two counts of rape and one count of kidnapping and sentenced to 140 years imprisonment. At trial Ms. Smith testified that on June 22, 1988 she was selling books door-to-door and knocked on Vick's door. Vick...

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