JOHNSON v. NORRIS

No. 99-2670.

207 F.3d 515 (2000)

David Dewayne JOHNSON, Appellant, v. Larry NORRIS, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided March 27, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald A. Coleman, West Memphis, AR, argued, for appellant.

Todd L. Newton, AAG, Little Rock, AR, argued (Joseph V. Svoboda, on the brief), for appellee.

Before RICHARD S. ARNOLD, FAGG, and HANSEN, Circuit Judges.


RICHARD S. ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.

The petitioner, David Johnson, appeals the denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Although the District Court1 denied the petition on all grounds, it granted a certificate of appealability on three issues: (1) whether evidence concerning trial counsel's bipolar disorder should have been considered only in evaluating his credibility, or, instead, as evidence of per se ineffective assistance...

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