Legal Opinion
Gary Lawrence v. A.L. Lockhart
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 13, 1985No. 84-1249PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HENLEY, Senior Circuit Judge.
Gary Lawrence was convicted in Arkansas state court of felony theft, and received an enhanced fifteen-year sentence under an habitual offender statute, Ark.Stat.Ann. § 41-1001 (1977) (amended 1983). His conviction was affirmed on direct appeal and his request for post-conviction relief was denied.
Petitioner filed a habeas corpus petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 alleging ineffective assistance of counsel because his lawyer did not object to the introduction of Lawrence’s “pen packet” at the sentencing phase of the trial. The state now concedes that the “pen packet”…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Virgil F. Ryder v. Terry Morris, Superintendent, Moberly Training Center for MenCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1985
- Francis Vern Kellogg v. David Scurr, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1984
- Ellis Bell v. A.L. Lockhart, Director, Arkansas Department of CorrectionCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1984
3Cited by7 opinions
- Harold Lamont Otey v. Gary Grammer, Warden of Nebraska Penal and Correctional ComplexCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1988
- Earnest Walker v. A.L. Lockhart, Director, Arkansas Department of CorrectionCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1988
- Dillon v. WeberSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 2007
- Neal v. GrammerDistrict Court, D. Nebraska · 1991
- Patterson v. DahmDistrict Court, D. Nebraska · 1991
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