James Dean Walker v. A.L. Lockhart, Superintendent of the Arkansas Department of Corrections

763 F.2d 942

James Dean WALKER, Appellant,

v.

A.L. LOCKHART, Superintendent of the Arkansas Department of

Corrections, Appellee.

No. 81-1700 (Habeas).

United States Court of Appeals,

Eighth Circuit.

Submitted Jan. 17, 1985.

Decided May 17, 1985.

Mandate Extended June 10, 1985.

Bill Bristow, Jonesboro, Ark., for appellant.

Theodore Holder, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, Ark., for appellee.

Before LAY, Chief Judge, and HEANEY, BRIGHT, ROSS, McMILLIAN, ARNOLD, JOHN R. GIBSON, FAGG, and BOWMAN, Circuit Judges, En Banc.

BRIGHT, Circuit Judge.

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