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CAMPER v. NORRIS

No. 94-1970.

36 F.3d 782 (1994)

Tommy CAMPER, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Larry NORRIS, Director, Arkansas Department of Corrections; Defendant-Appellant, Winston Bryant, Attorney General for the State of Arkansas, Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided October 11, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pamela Rumpz, Little Rock, AR (argued), for appellant.

Charles A. Banks, Little Rock, AR (argued) (Charles A. Banks and Mike Spades, Jr., on the brief), for appellee.

Before HANSEN, Circuit Judge, FLOYD R. GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge, and MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.

FLOYD R. GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge.

The district court granted Tommy Camper's petition for a writ of habeas corpus, concluding that the State of Arkansas had waived jurisdiction by failing to incarcerate Camper until more than four years after his conviction was affirmed. The state appeals, and we reverse.

I. BACKGROUND

On August 31, 1988, Camper was convicted of robbery, found to be a habitual offender, and sentenced to ten years imprisonment...

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