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NELSON v. HUTTO

No. 78-1706.

597 F.2d 137 (1979)

Bill C. NELSON, II, Appellant, v. Terrell Don HUTTO, Commissioner, Arkansas Department of Correction, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided May 4, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bill D. Etter of Brown & Etter, Little Rock, Ark., for appellant.

Bill Clinton, Atty. Gen., and E. Alvin Schay, Deputy Atty. Gen., Little Rock, Ark., for appellee.

Before GIBSON, STEPHENSON and McMILLIAN, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

Petitioner Bill C. Nelson II appeals from the denial of his application for writ of habeas corpus by the district court.1 Petitioner was charged in an Arkansas state court with the offense of first degree murder, to which he entered a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity. In 1973, after a jury trial, petitioner was found guilty of first degree murder and sentenced to life imprisonment in the Arkansas state penitentiary...

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