Ralph Bussard v. A.L. Lockhart, Director, Arkansas Department of Corrections

JOHN R. GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge.

Ralph Bussard appeals from the district court’s order denying him a writ of habeas corpus. He argues that his trial counsel in his felony murder case was ineffective in that he failed to object to two remarks the prosecutor made in his closing argument. We hold that the failure to object to the two comments was not unreasonable and therefore counsel was not unconstitutionally ineffective. We affirm the order of the district court. 1

Bussard was tried for first-degree felony murder in the State of Arkansas after unknown intruders entered a motel in the…