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BAILEY v. LOCKHART

No. 94-1739.

46 F.3d 49 (1995)

Bobby BAILEY, Appellee, v. A.L. LOCKHART, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided January 30, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kelly Kristine Hill, Asst. Atty. Gen., argued (Olan W. Reeves, Asst. Atty. Gen., on the brief), for appellant.

Barry A. Bryant, Texarkana, AR, for appellee.

Before McMILLIAN, Circuit Judge, REAVLEY, Senior Circuit Judge, and FAGG, Circuit Judge.

PER CURIAM.

Arkansas inmate Bobby Bailey brought this 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas petition, claiming he was denied due process during his state court trial for selling amphetamine. The district court granted relief, concluding the state court's admission of evidence that Bailey had sold marijuana in the past was so prejudicial that it deprived Bailey of a fair trial. The State of Arkansas appeals, and we reverse.

At Bailey's trial, a police officer and an...

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