Draft v. Payne

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS CENTRAL DIVISION ROBERT DRAFT PETITIONER v. No. 4:22-cv-00499-JTK DEXTER PAYNE, Director, Arkansas Division of Correction RESPONDENT ORDER 1. Robert Draft seeks habeas relief from his state court convictions for second-degree murder and second-degree battery and from his aggregate sentence of fifty-one years. Draft was charged in the White County Circuit Court with first-degree murder in the death of his father-in- law, Douglas Cloyes, and with second-degree battery of his wife, Kathie Cloyes (formerly Draft). Draft testified at…