ROBINSON v. LOCKHART

No. 87-1339.

835 F.2d 1271 (1988)

Jessie ROBINSON, Appellant, v. A.L. LOCKHART, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided January 6, 1988.

Rehearing Denied February 9, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark E. Long, Pine Bluff, Ark., for appellant.

Connie Griffin, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, Ark., for appellee.

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


PER CURIAM.

Jessie Robinson, an Arkansas state prisoner serving a sixty-year sentence for first degree murder and attempted murder, appeals the denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus brought under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. He argues that the district court1 erred in denying relief because (1) his guilty pleas were involuntarily entered while under the influence of drugs, and (2) he was...

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