Legal Opinion
Terry W. Porter v. A.L. Lockhart, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided February 13, 1991No. 89-2764PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRIGHT, Senior Circuit Judge.
Terry W. Porter filed a federal habeas corpus petition alleging that he received ineffective assistance of counsel and that he pleaded guilty involuntarily. The district court 1 denied relief and dismissed his petition. We affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
On August 23, 1983, Porter went to a Safeway store in Little Rock, Arkansas. In an attempt to leave the store, Porter approached an empty check-out lane, opened the chain across the lane, went through and shut the chain behind him. The Government had a witness who would testify that Porter appeared as though he had meat…
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- Blackledge v. AllisonSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Leonard Marvin Laws v. Bill ArmontroutCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1988
- Glen Blalock v. A.L. Lockhart, Director A.D.C.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1990
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