Legal Opinion
Pruett v. Norris
District Court, E.D. Arkansas
Decided March 24, 1997No. Civil PB-C-88-195PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
GEORGE HOWARD, Jr., District Judge.
On September 9, 1982, a jury found Marion Albert Pruett (“Pruett”) guilty of capital murder of Bobbie Robertson, and sentenced him to death by electrocution. Pruett appealed his sentence to the Arkansas Supreme Court, raising twenty-one separate points. The Arkansas Supreme Court affirmed the conviction and sentence in Pruett v. State, 282 Ark. 304, 669 S.W.2d 186 (1984). The United States Supreme Court denied the petition for writ of certiorari on October 29, 1984. Pruett v. Arkansas, 469 U.S. 963, 105 S.Ct. 362, 83 L.Ed.2d 298…
2Cases cited49 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Delaware v. Van ArsdallSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Teague v. LaneSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Lockett v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Marion Albert Pruett v. Larry Norris, Marion Albert Pruett v. Larry NorrisCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1998
- Marion A. Pruett v. Larry NorrisCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1998
- State v. David RichardsCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1999