Legal Opinion
Collins v. Lockhart
District Court, E.D. Arkansas
Decided May 28, 1982No. PB C 81 271PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
OVERTON, District Judge.
Carl Albert Collins filed a petition for habeas relief asking this Court to vacate his death sentence and order a new trial. Petitioner was convicted of capital felony murder in December, 1974, and was sentenced by a jury to death by electrocution. His case has been the subject of several ap peals. 1 The most recent order of execution was stayed pending resolution of this petition.
A threshold problem is presented by the recent decision in Rose v. Lundy,-U.S. -, 102 S.Ct. 1198, 71 L.Ed.2d 379 (1982). Respondent’s initial pleading was filed before the…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- North Carolina v. PearceSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Rose v. LundySupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- United States v. FradySupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Engle v. IsaacSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Beck v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Carl Albert Collins v. A.L. Lockhart, Director of the Arkansas Department of CorrectionCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1985
- Edward Charles Pickens v. A.L. Lockhart, Director, Arkansas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1983
- Carl Albert Collins v. A.L. Lockhart, Director, Arkansas Department of CorrectionCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1983
- Woodard v. SargentDistrict Court, E.D. Arkansas · 1983
- Carl Albert Collins v. A.L. Lockhart, Director, Arkansas Department of CorrectionCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1983