Legal Opinion
William Grooms v. A.L. Lockhart, Director, Arkansas Department of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided November 23, 1990No. 89-2896EAPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Per curiam
William Grooms appeals the magistrate’s 1 denial of habeas relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Finding no error in the magistrate’s ruling, we affirm.
1. BACKGROUND
On September 23, 1982, William Grooms was convicted by a jury of theft by receiving, a class C felony, and of being a habitual offender. He was sentenced to a term of twenty years in the Arkansas Department of Corrections. The prosecution did not introduce any documentary evidence of Grooms’ prior convictions, but Grooms testified about his criminal past on both direct and cross examination. Trial Transcript at 164-65, 177-82.
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2Cases cited9 opinions
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- Murray v. CarrierSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Larry Doby Smittie v. A.L. Lockhart, Director, Arkansas Dept. Of CorrectionCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1988
- Sharon Anita Bliss v. A.L. Lockhart, Superintendent of the Arkansas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1990
- David C. Stranghoener v. James Black, Warden, Nebraska State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1983
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