Legal Opinion
Parker v. Norris
District Court, E.D. Arkansas
Decided August 1, 1994No. PB-C-91-548PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
SUSAN WEBBER WRIGHT, District Judge.
William Frank Parker, an inmate in custody of the Arkansas Department of Correction, is under sentence of death for the 1984 murders of James and Sandra Warren, the parents of his ex-wife. Parker seeks a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 on grounds that both his conviction and sentence are in violation of various provisions of the United States Constitution. Concluding that Parker was sentenced in violation of his right to due process of law, the Court grants his petition for writ of habeas corpus.
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2Cases cited64 opinions
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3Cited by3 opinions
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