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PORTER v. LOCKHART

No. 89-2764.

925 F.2d 1107 (1991)

Terry W. PORTER, Appellant, v. A.L. LOCKHART, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided February 13, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott H. Tucker, Little Rock, Ark., for appellant.

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

Before LAY, Chief Judge, BRIGHT, Senior Circuit Judge, and VAN SICKLE, Senior District Judge.

BRIGHT, Senior Circuit Judge.

Terry W. Porter filed a federal habeas corpus petition alleging that he received ineffective assistance of counsel and that he pleaded guilty involuntarily. The district court1 denied relief and dismissed his petition. We affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

On August 23, 1983, Porter went to a Safeway store in Little Rock, Arkansas. In an attempt to leave the store, Porter

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