FORGY v. NORRIS

No. 94-3762.

64 F.3d 399 (1995)

Jeffrey Steele FORGY, Appellant, v. Larry NORRIS, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided August 28, 1995.

Rehearing Denied October 6, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard B. Eisenberg, Little Rock, AR, argued, for appellant.

Pamela Rumpz, Asst. Atty. Gen., argued (Olan W. Reeves, Sr. Asst. Atty. Gen., on the brief), for appellee.

Before RICHARD S. ARNOLD, Chief Judge, MURPHY, Circuit Judge, and DAVIS, District Judge.


RICHARD S. ARNOLD, Chief Judge.

Jeffrey Steele Forgy appeals the District Court's denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Charged with and convicted of burglary, Forgy argues that the information failed to specify the basis of the burglary charge and that this failure violated his constitutional right "to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation" against him.1 U.S. Const. Amend. VI, made applicable to the States...

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