Legal Opinion
Fretwell v. Lockhart
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided September 23, 1991No. Nos. 90-2105, 90-2315PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MAGILL, Circuit Judge.
A.L. Lockhart, Director of the Arkansas Department of Correction, appeals the district court’s grant of habeas corpus relief to Bobby Ray Fretwell on the ground that Fretwell had received ineffective assistance of counsel at his capital felony murder trial. Fretwell cross-appeals, raising other claims of ineffective assistance of counsel. We affirm the district court’s decision in part and remand for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.
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In August 1985, Fretwell was tried and convicted of capital felony murder in Sear-cy County, Arkansas. The jury found that…
2Cases cited22 opinions
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- Gregg v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Furman v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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- Eddings v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
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3Cited by17 opinions
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- Bobby Ray Fretwell v. Larry Norris, Director, Arkansas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1998
- Richard Wayne Snell v. A.L. Lockhart, Richard Wayne Snell v. A.L. LockhartCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1994
- State v. BowersCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 1998
- Whitmore v. LockhartDistrict Court, E.D. Arkansas · 1992
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