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JOHNSON v. NORRIS

No. 98-2078.

170 F.3d 816 (1999)

Janice Marie JOHNSON, Appellee, v. Larry NORRIS, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided March 10, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Teena L. Watkins, Little Rock, AR, argued, for Appellant.

Ralph M. Washington, Little Rock, AR, argued (Mark Burnette and John W. Walker, on the brief), for Appellee.

Before RICHARD S. ARNOLD, HEANEY, and MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judges.

MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.

Janice Marie Johnson was convicted in Arkansas state court for selling crack cocaine to an undercover police officer named Thomas Washington and was sentenced to twenty years of imprisonment. Her conviction and sentence were upheld on appeal. After rehearing was denied, she petitioned for state postconviction relief, but her petition was denied as untimely.

Ms. Johnson then petitioned for federal habeas relief under 28...

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