Legal Opinion
Barry Lee Fairchild v. Larry Norris, Acting Director, Arkansas Department of Correction
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided May 13, 1994No. 93-3325PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RICHARD S. ARNOLD, Chief Judge.
This petition is Barry Lee Fairchild’s fourth for federal habeas corpus relief. The murder’ of which he was convicted occurred ten years ago, on February 26, 1983, in Arkansas. The police arrested Fairchild on March 4, 1983, and early on the morning of March 5, he made two videotaped confessions. Between the two confessions, he took the police on a tour, showing them where he and his accomplice kidnapped, raped, and killed the victim, Marjorie Mason. An Arkansas jury convicted him of felony murder and sentenced him to death on August 2, 1983. The issue in this…
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