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Ford v. Lockhart

District Court, E.D. Arkansas

Decided August 30, 1994No. Civ. PB-C-82-431PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

GEORGE HOWARD, Jr., District Judge.

Clay Anthony Ford, an African-American man, was convicted of capital murder in connection with the death of a white Arkansas state trooper and sentenced to death by an all-white jury in Mississippi County. He has filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254.

PROCEDURAL AND FACTUAL BACKGROUND

On September 5, 1980, Sergeant Glen Bailey of the Arkansas State Police saw Ford driving at an excessive rate of speed. 1 Bailey crossed the highway median to give chase and radioed for assistance. Ford was stopped at…

2Cases cited59 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Link v. Wabash RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
  3. Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  4. Coleman v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  5. Murray v. CarrierSupreme Court of the United States · 1986

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. State v. BrownWashington Supreme Court · 1997
  2. Keith Daniel Williams v. Arthur Calderon, Warden, San Quentin State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1995
  3. Clay Anthony Ford v. Larry NorrisCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1995
  4. Ford v. WilsonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1997
  5. Boliek v. DeloDistrict Court, W.D. Missouri · 1995

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