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- Title: Thomas v. Lockhart
- Author : United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
- Release Date : January 05, 1984
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 56 KB
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BOWMAN, Circuit Judge. A. L. Lockhart, Director of the Arkansas Department of Correction, appeals from the District Court's order granting the petition of Otis Darnell Thomas for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254.1 We agree with the District Court that Thomas did not receive effective assistance of counsel; consequently he did not make a voluntary, knowing, and intelligent guilty plea. See Thomas v. Lockhart, 569 F. Supp. 454 (E.D. Ark. 1983). Therefore, we affirm.