Legal Opinion
Earnest Walker v. A.L. Lockhart, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided October 21, 1988No. 87-2378PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FAGG, Circuit Judge.
A.L. Lockhart, Director of the Arkansas Department of Correction, appeals from the district court’s order granting Earnest Walker’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus. We reverse.
After investigating the death of a woman who was found beaten and shot to death, the State of Arkansas charged Walker with capital murder. The State called Walker’s accomplice to testify at Walker’s trial. During a recess near the end of the trial, an unknown woman entered the jury room to get a cup of coffee. When she was asked to leave, the woman remarked that she could kill both men. A juror…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Murray v. CarrierSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Wainwright v. SykesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Kimmelman v. MorrisonSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Amadeo v. ZantSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
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3Cited by21 opinions
- People v. JohnsonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1993
- Robert Sanders v. Myrna Trickey, Superintendent, Missouri Eastern Correctional Center, and William L. Webster, Missouri Attorney GeneralCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1989
- Steven Roy Harper v. Gary Grammer, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1990
- Rodney Williams v. A.L. Lockhart, Director, Arkansas Department of CorrectionCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1989
- Edward L. Wing v. Willis Sargent, Warden, Arkansas Department of CorrectionCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1991
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