Legal Opinion
J.C. Bell v. A.L. Lockhart, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided July 9, 1986No. 85-1640PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROSS, Circuit Judge.
J.C. Bell was convicted of capital felony murder in an Arkansas state court in 1974 for his participation in the robbery and killing of a store owner. He was sentenced to life imprisonment without parole when the jury deadlocked on the death penalty issue. His petition for a writ of habeas corpus was denied by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas, and this appeal followed.
Because we agree with the district court that Bell was denied effective assistance of counsel on appeal when his attorney failed to correctly advise Bell concerning the…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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