Legal Opinion
Eddie Joe Buckley v. A.L. Lockhart, Director, Arkansas Department of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided December 20, 1989No. 88-2813PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BEAM, Circuit Judge.
Eddie Joe Buckley appeals from a decision of the district court dismissing his petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (1982). We affirm.
*717I. BACKGROUND
Buckley was arrested at the age of nineteen for burglary and theft of jewelry valued at $75,000 from a Best Merchandise store. On June 23, 1983, he was convicted on both counts by a jury. The jury assessed punishment of twenty years for each count, and the judge, immediately after the verdicts were returned and the jury dismissed, imposed the sentences to run consecutively. Trial Transcript, vol. 2 at 296.…
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- Engle v. IsaacSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
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