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HARRIS v. STEPHENS

Nos. 18062, 18063.

361 F.2d 888 (1966)

Albert HARRIS, Appellant, v. Dan D. STEPHENS, Superintendent of Arkansas State Penitentiary, Appellee. Orion TROTTER, Appellant, v. Dan D. STEPHENS, Superintendent of Arkansas State Penitentiary, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit.

June 16, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George Howard, Jr., Pine Bluff, Ark., for appellants. Thomas Cashion, Eudora, Ark., was with him on the briefs.

Jack L. Lessenberry, Little Rock, Ark., for appellee. Bruce Bennett, Atty. Gen., Little Rock, Ark., was with him on the brief.

Before VAN OOSTERHOUT and MEHAFFY, Circuit Judges, and VAN PELT, District Judge.

MEHAFFY, Circuit Judge.

Orion Trotter and Albert Harris were convicted in the Circuit Court of Drew County, Arkansas for the crime of rape and sentenced to death. The convictions were affirmed by the Arkansas Supreme Court. Trotter v. State, 237 Ark. 820, 377 S.W.2d 14 (1964), and certiorari denied by the United States Supreme Court, Harris v. Arkansas, 379 U.S. 890, 85 S.Ct. 163, 13 L.Ed.2d 94 (1964). Habeas corpus proceedings...

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