R.B. Smith v. A.L. Lockhart, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction

R.B. Smith filed a federal habeas corpus petition alleging that his guilty plea was involuntary and that he received ineffective assistance of counsel at the plea proceeding. The district court 1 dismissed his petition and denied him relief. We affirm the dismissal of the petition.

BACKGROUND

In 1982, Smith was charged, along with two other men, with capital murder, attempted capital murder, and with being a habitual felon in connection with a motel robbery in which the motel owner was killed and his wife shot. He was appointed counsel and pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of first degree…