GILBERT v. LOCKHART

No. 89-2954.

930 F.2d 1356 (1991)

Timothy GILBERT, Appellant, v. A.L. LOCKHART, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided April 19, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gene Worsham, Little Rock, Ark., for appellant.

Elisabeth A. Walker, Little Rock, Ark., for appellee.

Before McMILLIAN, Circuit Judge, HENLEY, Senior Circuit Judge, and HANSON, Senior District Judge.


McMILLIAN, Circuit Judge.

Timothy Gilbert appeals from a final judgment entered in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas, denying his petition for writ of habeas corpus. Gilbert alleged that he was denied his sixth amendment right to legal counsel because he was forced to proceed to trial either pro se or with unprepared counsel, and because the state trial court failed to elicit an intelligent and voluntary waiver of counsel. For the...

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