Legal Opinion
James Dean Walker v. A.L. Lockhart, Superintendent of the Arkansas Department of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided June 10, 1985No. 81-1700 (Habeas)PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRIGHT, Circuit Judge.
In January 1984, this court, in a five to four decision, affirmed the district court’s1 denial of James Dean Walker’s second petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Walker v. Lockhart, 726 F.2d 1238 (8th Cir.) (en banc), petition for cert. dismissed by stipulation, — U.S. -, 105 S.Ct. 17, 82 L.Ed.2d 912 (1984). Thereafter, new evidence surfaced relating to the crime for which Walker had been convicted. We recalled our mandate on June 13, 1984, and remanded the case to the district court with instructions to hold a hearing on the new evidence and to certify its findings to…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Anderson v. City of Bessemer CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- United States v. AgursSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Sanders v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
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3Cited by52 opinions
- Jeffrey Moldowan v. Maureen FournierCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2009
- Robert A. Prather v. John Rees, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1987
- In Re Flat Glass Antitrust Litigation MdlCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2004
- Michael Lee Smith v. A.L. Lockhart, Director, Arkansas Department of CorrectionCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1991
- Demers v. StateSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1988
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