Legal Opinion

Eddie Lee Thomerson v. A.L. Lockhart, Director, Arkansas Dept. Of Correction

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided December 30, 1987No. 86-2000Published

1Opinion of the Court

835 F.2d 1257

Eddie Lee THOMERSON, Appellant,

v.

A.L. LOCKHART, Director, Arkansas Dept. of Correction, Appellee.

No. 86-2000.

United States Court of Appeals,

Eighth Circuit.

Submitted April 16, 1987.

Decided Dec. 30, 1987.

James Birch, Little Rock, Ark., for appellant.

William Knight, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, Ark., for appellee.

Before FAGG, Circuit Judge, BRIGHT, Senior Circuit Judge, and MAGILL, Circuit Judge.

FAGG, Circuit Judge.

1

Eddie Lee Thomerson, an Arkansas prisoner, appeals from the district court's denial of his 28 U.S.C. Sec. 2254 petition for writ of habeas corpus. We affirm.

I. FACTS

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Th…

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2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Bernard Austin v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1967
  3. Robinson v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1980
  4. Turner v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1975
  5. Jones v. StateCourt of Appeals of Arkansas · 1984

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