Legal Opinion
Ralph Armstrong v. Ray Hobbs
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided November 6, 2012No. 11-1049PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MELLOY, Circuit Judge.
Ralph Armstrong was convicted in Arkansas state court of two counts of capital murder and sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for killing his estranged wife and their unborn child. At trial, the court excluded under a state rule exculpatory evidence pointing to the guilt of two other women. That rule admits such evidence only where there is a direct link between the crime and the third parties implicated. Armstrong now seeks federal habeas relief under the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act (AEDPA), arguing that this evidentiary…
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