HOUSTON v. LOCKHART

No. 93-2110.

9 F.3d 62 (1993)

Mikel W. HOUSTON, Appellant, v. A.L. LOCKHART, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided November 18, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William McNova Howard, Jr., Pine Bluff, AR, argued, for appellant.

Olan W. Reeves, Little Rock, AR, argued (Winston Bryant and Olan W. Reeves, on the brief), for appellee.

Before FAGG, BOWMAN, and LOKEN, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

Mikel W. Houston is serving a life sentence for raping his twelve-year-old daughter. In Houston v. Lockhart, 982 F.2d 1246 (8th Cir.1993) (en banc), we reversed the denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus and remanded for an evidentiary hearing to determine whether Houston's trial counsel provided ineffective assistance in failing to obtain written confirmation...

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