Legal Opinion
Dickie Cokeley v. A.L. Lockhart, Director, Arkansas Department of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided February 25, 1992No. 90-2295PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRIGHT, Senior Circuit Judge.
Dickie Cokeley appeals the district court’s denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition for writ of habeas corpus. Cokeley contends that he was found guilty and sentenced for a crime for which he was not properly charged. We reverse and grant the writ subject to the condition that the State may conduct a new trial within a reasonable period.
I. BACKGROUND
Cokeley, an inmate of the Arkansas Department of Corrections was convicted of the crime of rape. The events giving rise to this conviction occurred on July 26, 1984 in Miller County, Arkansas. Cokeley fled across the…
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