Legal Opinion
Dennis Wayne McDonald v. State of Arkansas, A. L. Lockhart, Superintendent, Cummins Unit, Arkansasdepartment of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided November 11, 1974No. 74-1038PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HEANEY, Circuit Judge.
Dennis Wayne McDonald was convicted of first degree rape after a November, 1971, jury trial in the Circuit Court for Miller County, Arkansas. He was sentenced to thirty years imprisonment and is currently serving the sentence in the Cummins Unit of the Arkansas State Penitentiary. The Arkansas Supreme Court affirmed his conviction on appeal and denied his request for a rehearing. McDonald v. State, 253 Ark. 812, 491 S.W.2d 36 (1973). In April of 1973, McDonald filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the District Court, challenging the validity of the rape…
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