HATLEY v. LOCKHART

No. 92-1934.

990 F.2d 1070 (1993)

Benny HATLEY, Appellant, v. A.L. LOCKHART, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided April 13, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Craig Lambert, Little Rock, AR, argued (Herbert T. Wright, Jr., on the brief), for appellant.

Kelly Hill, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, AR, argued for appellee.

Before JOHN R. GIBSON and WOLLMAN, Circuit Judges, and STROM, District Judge.


WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.

Benny Ray Hatley appeals from the dismissal of his petition for habeas corpus relief filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. We affirm.

I.

Hatley was found guilty by a jury on two charges of capital murder arising out of the killing of two Cotton Plant, Arkansas, police officers on July 13, 1984. The Arkansas Supreme Court affirmed Hatley's convictions on direct appeal, see Hatley v. State, 289 Ark...

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