Wesley Griffin v. A.L. Lockhart, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction

BEAM, Circuit Judge.

Wesley Griffin was convicted in an Arkansas state court of interference with a law enforcement officer with the use of a firearm. He appeals from the district court order dismissing his habeas corpus petition. See 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (1988). Griffin asserts that because there was sufficient doubt about his mental competency to stand trial, the state trial court denied him due process by not holding an eviden-tiary hearing to resolve the question. We reverse and remand.

I. BACKGROUND

Griffin was charged by information in June 1987 with interference with a law enforcement officer…