Terry Plunk v. Ray Hobbs

SMITH, Circuit Judge.

Terry Gale Plunk, an Arkansas state inmate, filed this petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, challenging his 2007 state-court convictions and resulting 72-year sentence for several felony offenses, including two counts of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Plunk’s petition rests on allegations that his state trial attorney, Phillip Moon, rendered ineffective assistance of counsel. Plunk argues that Moon rendered ineffective assistance by, among other things, laboring under an actual conflict of interest caused by his dual…