BECKER v. LOCKHART

No. 91-2317.

971 F.2d 172 (1992)

James A. BECKER, Appellant, v. A.L. LOCKHART, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided August 3, 1992.

Rehearing Denied October 23, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Calvin Gibson, North Little Rock, Ark., for appellant.

Pamela Rumpz, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, Ark., for appellee.

Before RICHARD S. ARNOLD, Chief Judge, HENLEY, Senior Circuit Judge, and MAGILL, Circuit Judge.


MAGILL, Circuit Judge.

James A. Becker appeals the district court's1 denial of habeas corpus relief. Becker invokes the "void for vagueness" doctrine with respect to the Arkansas robbery statute. He also argues that the evidence was insufficient to uphold his conviction. We affirm.

I.

Becker was shopping in the Rogers, Arkansas, Food-4-Less supermarket when the store's assistant manager saw him stuff a package of ham...

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