Legal Opinion
Don William Davis v. Larry Norris, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided September 14, 2005No. 04-2192PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MURPHY, Circuit Judge.
Don William Davis was convicted of capital murder in Arkansas and sentenced to death. His conviction and sentence were affirmed on direct appeal, and his petition for postconviction relief in state court was denied. He then filed this petition for writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The district court1 denied his petition as well as a certificate of appealability. We granted a certificate of appealability on two issues and now affirm.
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2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Ake v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
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- Penry v. LynaughSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
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3Cited by43 opinions
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