Legal Opinion
Thomas Simmons v. A.L. Lockhart, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction, and Steve Clark, Attorney General, State of Arkansas
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided March 18, 1987No. 86-1177PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.
This death-penalty case comes to us on appeal of the District Court’s 1 denial of habeas corpus relief, 626 F.Supp. 872 (E.D. Ark.1985). On the issues presented to us, we affirm the judgment of the District Court.
I
On January 5, 1981, Larry Price disappeared from his home in Fort Smith, Arkansas. On that afternoon, Jawana Price, his wife, went with her employer and landlord, Holly Gentry, to the Fort Smith Police Department to file a missing-person report. Accompanied by Ray Tate, a Fort Smith detective, they returned to the Price apartment. They were never seen alive…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Irvin v. DowdSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Sheppard v. MaxwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Reynolds v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
- Patton v. YountSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- McDougall v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
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3Cited by30 opinions
- State v. BibleArizona Supreme Court · 1993
- State v. KoedatichSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1988
- Perry v. LockhartCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1989
- Darrel Wayne Hill, Appellee/cross-Appellant v. A.L. Lockhart, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction, Appellant/cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1994
- Thomas Winford Simmons v. A.L. Lockhart, Director, Arkansas Department of CorrectionCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1990
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