Legal Opinion
Eddie Williams v. A.L. Lockhart
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided June 24, 1988No. 87-1972PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLOYD R. GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge.
Eddie Williams appeals an order of the district court dismissing his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. For reversal Williams argues that the district court erred in denying his petition without holding an evidentiary hearing. We agree.
I. BACKGROUND
Williams was tried by a jury and convicted of burglary and criminal attempt to commit rape on October 29,1984. Williams was sentenced to ten years imprisonment for the burglary conviction and thirty years for the conviction of criminal attempt to commit rape.
A direct appeal of Williams’s convictions was not…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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