Steven Wayne Bramlett v. A.L. Lockhart, Director Arkansas Department of Correction

ROSS, Senior Circuit Judge.

Steven Wayne Bramlett, an Arkansas inmate, appeals pro se from the district court’s 1 order adopting the findings and recommendations of the magistrate, 2 denying his petition after an evidentiary hearing for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. For reversal, Bramlett argues (1) his confession and guilty plea were involuntary, and (2) he received ineffective assistance of counsel. We affirm.

Bramlett pleaded guilty to attempted capital murder in connection with a robbery of a convenience store and subsequent rape and shooting of the store clerk.…