Legal Opinion
Singleton v. Lockhart
District Court, E.D. Arkansas
Decided August 28, 1986No. PB-C-82-165PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
EISELE, Chief Judge.
On October 30, 1979, petitioner was sentenced to death by electrocution for capital felony murder, and life imprisonment for aggravated robbery. The conviction and death sentence for capital murder were affirmed by the Arkansas Supreme Court, but the aggravated robbery conviction and sentence were vacated on double jeopardy grounds. Singleton v. State, 274 Ark. 126, 623 S.W.2d 180 (1981). Certiorari was denied by the United States Supreme Court. Petitioner then sought permission to proceed under Rule 37 of the Arkansas Rules of Criminal Procedure.…
2Cases cited57 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Faretta v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Gregg v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Jones v. BarnesSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- United States v. AgursSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Charles Laverne Singleton v. Larry Norris, Director, Arkansas Department of CorrectionCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2003
- Charles L. Singleton v. A.L. Lockhart, Director, Arkansas Department of CorrectionCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1992
- Singleton v. LockhartCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1989
- Charles Laverne Singleton v. Larry Norris, Director, Arkansas Department of CorrectionCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1997
- Charles Laverne Singleton v. Larry Norris, Director, Arkansas Department of CorrectionCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2001
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