Burt Beavers v. A.L. Lockhart, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction

U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit · Decided 1985-02-25

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BRIGHT, Circuit Judge. Appellant Burt Beavers appeals from the district court’s dismissal of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. He asserts that the Arkansas Habitual Offenders Act, Ark. Stat.Ann. §§ 41-1001 to -1005 (1977) (the “Act”), 1 is unconstitutional and that…

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