Legal Opinion
Perry v. Lockhart
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided April 10, 1989No. Nos. 86-2262, 86-2287PublishedCited by 101 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.
Eugene Wallace Perry appeals the district court’s denial in part of the habeas corpus relief Perry requested. The State cross-appeals the order setting aside Perry’s sentence of death. We affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand for reinstatement of the death sentence.
On the evening of September 10, 1980, the bodies of Kenneth Staton and his daughter, Suzanne Ware, were found bound and gagged in the back of the Sta-ton Jewelry Store in Van Burén, Arkansas, where they both had worked. Each had been killed by two gunshots to the head fired at close range. An estimated…
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