Rankin v. Payne

Case 5:06-cv-00228-JM Document 184 Filed 02/22/23 Page 1 of 71 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS PINE BLUFF DIVISION THIS IS A CAPITAL CASE RODERICK LESHUN RANKIN PETITIONER vs. 5:06-cv-00228-JM DEXTER PAYNE, Director, Arkansas Division of Correction RESPONDENT ORDER 1. Roderick Rankin is an inmate in the Arkansas Department of Correction under three death sentences for the capital murders of Zena Reynolds, Ernestine Halford, and Nathaniel Halford. Having exhausted his state remedies, Rankin petitions this Court for federal habeas relief. For the reasons stated…