Legal Opinion
Benny Hatley v. A.L. Lockhart, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided April 13, 1993No. 92-1934PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.
Benny Ray Hatley appeals from the dismissal of his petition for habeas corpus relief filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. We affirm.
I
Hatley was found guilty by a jury on two charges of capital murder arising out of the killing of two Cotton Plant, Arkansas, police officers on July 13, 1984. The Arkansas Supreme Court affirmed Hatley’s convictions on direct appeal, see Hatley v. State, 289 Ark. 130, 709 S.W.2d 812 (1986), and Hatley is serving two consecutive life sentences in the Arkansas State Penitentiary-
Hatley raised thirteen grounds for relief in his amended habeas…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- Lockhart v. McCreeSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
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