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SMITH v. LOCKHART

No. 90-2953.

946 F.2d 1392 (1991)

Lucille Ann Oaks Shanks SMITH, Appellant, v. A.L. LOCKHART, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided October 17, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Wesley Hall, Little Rock, Ark., argued (Craig Lambert on the brief), for appellant.

Pamela Rumpz, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, Ark., argued (John D. Harris, Asst. Atty. Gen., on the brief), for appellee.

Before MAGILL, BEAM, and LOKEN, Circuit Judges.

MAGILL, Circuit Judge.

Appellant, Lucy Smith, appeals from the district court's1 judgment on her petition for habeas corpus relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The court found that Smith did not receive ineffective assistance of counsel when her attorney failed to seek a new trial after receiving information that the jury verdict may not have been unanimous. We affirm.

I.

Smith was tried in Arkansas County, Arkansas Circuit...

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