Legal Opinion
Lewis C. Wallace v. A.L. Lockhart, Director of Arkansas Department of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided March 7, 1983No. 82-1773PublishedCited by 96 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLOYD R. GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge.
Lewis C. Wallace appeals the denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (1976). We affirm the judgment of the district court. 1
I. Factual Background
Wallace was convicted by a jury of kidnapping and capital felony murder and sentenced to fifteen years and life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. The evidence presented at Wallace’s trial indicated that Wallace and his three co-defendants forced Calvin Smith into a car, drove him to the bank of the Arkansas River, and pushed him into the river causing him to…
2Cases cited36 opinions
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- Barker v. WingoSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Wainwright v. SykesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Picard v. ConnorSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Townsend v. SainSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
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3Cited by96 opinions
- Sanders v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 1987
- Burt Beavers v. A.L. Lockhart, Director, Arkansas Department of CorrectionCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1985
- United States v. TarantinoCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1988
- United States v. DykesUnited States Court of Military Appeals · 1993
- Edward Charles Pickens v. A.L. Lockhart, Director, Arkansas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1983
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