Legal Opinion
Otis Darnell Thomas v. A.L. Lockhart, Director of Arkansas Department of Correction
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided July 5, 1984No. 83-2321PublishedCited by 97 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.
A.L. Lockhart, Director of the Arkansas Department of Correction, appeals from the District Court’s order granting the petition of Otis Darnell Thomas for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. 1 We agree with the District Court that Thomas did not receive effective assistance of counsel; consequently he did not make a voluntary, knowing, and intelligent guilty plea. See Thomas v. Lockhart, 569 F.Supp. 454 (E.D.Ark.1983). Therefore, we affirm.
The information charging Thomas, a black man, with forcible rape of a white woman was filed on November 29, 1979 at 4:30…
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