Legal Opinion
Thomas v. Lockhart
District Court, E.D. Arkansas
Decided July 25, 1983No. PB-C-82-110PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
GEORGE HOWARD, Jr., District Judge.
This is a petition for a writ of habeas corpus by a 23 year old black male who was sentenced, after entering a plea of guilty, to the Arkansas Department of Correction for a period of thirty years on December 6, 1979, on a charge of forcible rape involving a white female in Drew County, Arkansas. Petitioner was represented by court appointed counsel.
On May 12, 1980, following petitioner’s confinement to the Arkansas Department of Correction, petitioner filed his motion for post-conviction relief under Arkansas’ Post-Conviction Rule 37.…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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- Brady v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Powell v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Ellis v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Otis Darnell Thomas v. A.L. Lockhart, Director of Arkansas Department of CorrectionCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1984
- State v. KoettingMissouri Court of Appeals · 1985
- Thomas v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1986