Legal Opinion
Thomas Winford Simmons v. A.L. Lockhart, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided September 27, 1990No. 86-1177PublishedCited by 65 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.
This is a death-penalty case. It comes before us again on what is essentially a successive petition for federal habeas corpus. In Simmons v. Lockhart, 814 F.2d 504 (8th Cir.1987), cert. denied, 485 U.S. 1015, 108 S.Ct. 1489, 99 L.Ed.2d 717 (1988), we affirmed the District Court’s denial of habeas corpus. In due course, the District Court dissolved a stay of execution that had been in effect during the habeas proceeding. Simmons, the petitioner, then filed with us a motion to recall the mandate, grant rehearing, and stay his execution in order to permit him to assert…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Winford L. Stokes, Jr. v. William M. Armontrout, William L. WebsterCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1988
- Thomas Simmons v. A.L. Lockhart, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction, and Steve Clark, Attorney General, State of ArkansasCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1987
- R. G. Britton, Appellant-Cross v. Harold Eugene Rogers, Appellee-CrossCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1980
- Sharon Anita Bliss v. A.L. Lockhart, Superintendent of the Arkansas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1990
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3Cited by65 opinions
- Randy Anderson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2005
- Johnson v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1995
- Minnie Pryor v. Larry Norris, Director, Arkansas Department of CorrectionCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1997
- Walter J. Blair v. Bill Armontrout, Walter J. Blair v. William Armontrout William WebsterCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1992
- Wilburn A. Henderson v. Willis Sargent, Warden, Arkansas Department of CorrectionCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1991
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