Legal Opinion
Swindler v. Lockhart
District Court, E.D. Arkansas
Decided August 12, 1988No. PB-C-81-415PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
HENRY WOODS, District Judge.
Petitioner John Edward Swindler was convicted of the capital felony murder of Randy Basnett, a Ft. Smith police officer, and was sentenced to death by the Circuit Court of Sebastian County, Arkansas. The Supreme Court of Arkansas set aside that conviction and granted Swindler a new trial because the trial court had erroneously refused to grant the defense motion for a change of venue from Sebastian County, the situs of Officer Basnett’s killing. Swindler v. State, 264 Ark. 107, 569 S.W.2d 120 (1978).
Swindler was retried in Scott County, Arkansas,…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Lockett v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Wainwright v. WittSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Irvin v. DowdSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Bose Corp. v. Consumers Union of United States, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1984
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3Cited by3 opinions
- John Edward Swindler v. A.L. Lockhart, Commissioner of the Arkansas Dept. Of CorrectionCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1989
- Pickens v. LockhartDistrict Court, E.D. Arkansas · 1992
- Swindler v. LockhartDistrict Court, E.D. Arkansas · 1990