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JONES v. LOCKHART

No. 92-2099.

977 F.2d 444 (1992)

Howard W. JONES, Appellant, v. A.L. LOCKHART, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided October 13, 1992.

Order on Denial of Rehearing November 23, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Greg Robinson, Pine Bluff, Ark., argued, for appellant.

T. Jeff Vining, Little Rock, Ark., argued, for appellee.

Before RICHARD S. ARNOLD, Chief Judge, FLOYD R. GIBSON and HENLEY, Senior Circuit Judges.

RICHARD S. ARNOLD, Chief Judge.

Howard W. Jones pleaded guilty in 1979 to two counts of aggravated robbery and one count of theft of property. He was given 50-year terms for the aggravated-robbery convictions and a 20-year term for theft of property. We now have before us what is, in effect, Jones's third petition for federal habeas corpus. The District Court1 denied relief on the ground of procedural bar, and we affirm.

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