Ruiz v. State

Petitioners Paul Ruiz and Earl Denton were convicted of capital murder in the Circuit Court of Logan County and sentenced to death. On appeal, we reversed the trial court’s denial of a change of venue. Ruiz & Denton v. State, 265 Ark. 875, 582 S.W. 2d 915 (1979). On remand, the case was transferred to the Circuit Court of Conway County where verdicts of guilt were again returned and sentences of death imposed. We affirmed. Ruiz ir Denton v. State, 273 Ark. 94, 617 S.W. 2d 6 (1981).

There is no need to recite the facts of this case since they are fully set out in the two previous decisions of…