Legal Opinion
Mary Lee Orsini v. Virginia Wallace, Warden, Women's Unit, Arkansas Department of Correction
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided October 16, 1990No. 88-2581PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HEANEY, Senior Circuit Judge.
In 1982, Mary Lee Orsini was convicted in Pulaski County, Arkansas, Circuit Court, for the capital murder of Alice McArthur. She was sentenced to a term of life imprisonment without parole. Her conviction was affirmed by the Arkansas Supreme Court, Orsini v. State, 281 Ark. 348, 665 S.W.2d 245 (1984), and the United States Supreme Court denied certiorari. Orsini v. Arkansas, 469 U.S. 847, 105 S.Ct. 162, 83 L.Ed.2d 98 (1984). Orsini then petitioned unsuccessfully for state post-conviction relief. Orsini v. State, 287 Ark. 456, 701 S.W.2d 114 (1985).
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2Cases cited31 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- United States v. BagleySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- United States v. RaddatzSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Hilton v. BraunskillSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Murphy v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
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3Cited by33 opinions
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- Marion Albert Pruett v. Larry Norris, Marion Albert Pruett v. Larry NorrisCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1998
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