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COLLINS v. LOCKHART

No. 83-2607.

754 F.2d 258 (1985)

Carl Albert COLLINS, Appellant, v. A.L. LOCKHART, Director of the Arkansas Department of Correction, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided January 31, 1985.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied April 24, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lessenberry & Carpenter by Thomas M. Carpenter, Little Rock, Ark., for appellant.

Steve Clark, Atty. Gen. by Victra L. Fewell, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, Ark., for appellee.

Before McMILLIAN, BENNETT and ARNOLD, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied April 24, 1985.

ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.

Carl Albert Collins was convicted by a jury of capital felony murder and sentenced to death. The District Court1 dismissed his petition for habeas corpus, and he appeals. We affirm the District Court's holding that Collins's conviction was valid. But as to the sentence of death, we agree with Collins that one of the aggravating circumstances found by...

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