Kenneth Dokes v. A.L. Lockhart, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction

HANSEN, Circuit Judge.

Kenneth Dokes appeals the district court’s judgment 1 denying his petition for writ of habeas corpus filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Dokes was convicted in Arkansas state court of theft and, with co-defendant Beverly Willis, of robbery and aggravated robbery. The same attorney (“trial counsel”) represented both Dokes and Willis at their joint trial. In his petition, Dokes alleged ineffective assistance of counsel due to a conflict of interest resulting from trial counsel’s dual representation of the co-defendants and trial counsel’s failure to investigate an alleged…