Legal Opinion
Simmons v. Lockhart
District Court, E.D. Arkansas
Decided March 21, 1989No. PB-C-83-411PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
HENRY WOODS, District Judge.
PRELIMINARY STATEMENT
Thomas Winford Simmons was tried in the Circuit Court of Crawford County, Arkansas for the murder of a married couple, their landlord and a Fort Smith, Arkansas police officer. In unanimously affirming his conviction, the Supreme Court of Arkansas stated, “We know of no other case involving multiple murders so cold blooded, so brutal, so lacking in any trace of humanity, as those committed by Simmons.” Simmons v. State, 278 Ark. 305, 645 S.W.2d 680, 688 (1983).
This limited remand by the Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit,…
2Cases cited60 opinions
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- Gregg v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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- Jones v. BarnesSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Thomas Winford Simmons v. A.L. Lockhart, Director, Arkansas Department of CorrectionCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1990
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- Ruiz v. NorrisDistrict Court, E.D. Arkansas · 1994