Legal Opinion
Paul Ruiz and Earl Van Denton v. A.L. Lockhart, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction and Steve Clark, Attorney General of the State of Arkansas
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided January 28, 1987No. 83-2319PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.
These death-penalty cases are once again before us, on remand from the Supreme Court of the United States.
The appellants, Paul Ruiz and Earl Van Denton, were charged with capital felony murder, convicted, and sentenced to death by the jury. After exhausting their remedies in the State courts, they filed a petition for federal habeas corpus, which was dismissed by the District Court. When this case was last before us, we reversed, holding these convictions invalid under the rule of Grigsby v. Mabry, 758 F.2d 226 (8th Cir.1985) (en banc), in which this Court held that…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Lockhart v. McCreeSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Grigsby v. MabryCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1985
- Carl Albert Collins v. A.L. Lockhart, Director of the Arkansas Department of CorrectionCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1985
- Billy Woodard v. Willis Sargent, Warden, Cummins Unit, Arkansas Department of CorrectionCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1987
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Perry v. LockhartCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1989
- Ruiz v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1989
- Paul Ruiz v. Larry Norris, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction, Earl Van Denton v. Larry Norris, Director, Arkansas Department of CorrectionCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1996
- Fretwell v. LockhartCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1991
- Earl Van Denton and Paul Ruiz v. Larry Norris, Director, Arkansas Department of CorrectionCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1997
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