Legal Opinion
Lyndell Scroggins v. A.L. Lockhart, Director, Ar Dept. Of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided July 19, 1991No. 90-1749PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.
Lyndell Scroggins appeals a District Court1 order dismissing his petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (1988), We affirm. ■
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Lyndell Scroggins was released from prison in early 1979 and was living in Rus-sellville, Arkansas. On March 17, 1979, he traveled to Little Rock with a childhood friend, Roy “Billy” Long, to attend a concert. ' Long also was recently released from prison.
The two men never made it to the concert; they stopped at a Little Rock tavern known as the Amble Inn to shoot pool and drink beer.2 Scroggins claims that he gave Long the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Murray v. CarrierSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Engle v. IsaacSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Larry Doby Smittie v. A.L. Lockhart, Director, Arkansas Dept. Of CorrectionCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1988
- Whitmore v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1989
- James Leggins v. A.L. Lockhart, Director, Arkansas Department of CorrectionCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1987
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Roger Dale Sherron v. Larry Norris, Interim Director, Arkansas Department of CorrectionCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1995
- Anthony Whitmill v. Bill ArmontroutCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1995
- Whitmore v. LockhartDistrict Court, E.D. Arkansas · 1992
- Johnny Reynolds v. Paul CaspariCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1992
- Harris v. NorrisDistrict Court, E.D. Arkansas · 1994
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