John Henry KNAPP et al., Petitioners,
v.
Harold J. CARDWELL, Respondent.
United States District Court, D. Arizona.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
April 18, 1980.
April 18, 1980.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
William J. Schafer, III, Chief Counsel, Crim. Div., Phoenix, Ariz., for respondent.
John Foreman, Phoenix, Ariz., for petitioners Paul William Jordan and John Henry Knapp.
John P. Frank, Phoenix, Ariz., for amicus curiae.
Frank C. Nielsen, Kingman, Ariz., for James Alan Arnett.
David A. Chamberlain, Prescott, Ariz., for Ronald Paul Bishop.
Thomas E. Higgins, Jr., Tucson, Ariz., for Mitchell Thomas Blazak.
Charles L. Weninger, Tucson, Ariz., for Richard B. Britson.
Joe Erlichman, Phoenix, Ariz., for Robert Paul Brookover.
Chris E. Wotruba, Phoenix, Ariz., for Paris Hoyt Carriger.
Brice Buehler, Phoenix, Ariz., for Jose Jesus Ceja.
James Kerley, Bisbee, Ariz., for James Dean Clark.
Jordan Green, John E. Savoy, Murray Miller, Phoenix, Ariz., for Max Anderson Dunlap.
J. Douglas McVay, Phoenix, Ariz., for Larry Eugene Evans.
Robert C. Brown, Casa Grande, Ariz., for Randy Greenawalt.
David S. Hoffman, Tucson, Ariz., for Douglas Edward Gretzler.
Thomas V. Rawles, Phoenix, Ariz., for Wilmer G. Holsinger, Mark Allen Koch and Ronald Lee Madsen.
Frederick S. Klein, Tucson, Ariz., for Jimmie Wayne Jeffers.
Donald E. Wolfram, Phoenix, Ariz., for Manuel Thomas Lujan.
John Rood, Phoenix, Ariz., for Loris Lee McVay.
James H. Kemper, Phoenix, Ariz., for Luis Mata, Stevenson L. McDaniel and James Albert Robison.
Robert L. Storrs, Phoenix, Ariz., for Ruben Melendez.
Edwin F. Cathcart, Tempe, Ariz., for Joe Morales.
Allen G. Minker, Tucson, Ariz., for Willie Lee Richmond.
Stephen M. R. Rempe, Phoenix, Ariz., for Joe Clarence Smith.
Terry J. Adams, Phoenix, Ariz., for Sylvester Smith, Jr.
Robert B. Norgren, Tucson, Ariz., for Willie Luther Steelman.
Boyd T. Johnson, Coolidge, Ariz., for Raymond Tison.
Phillip W. Glenn, Casa Grande, Ariz., for Ricky Tison.
Thomas G. Martin, Tucson, Ariz., for Frank James Valencia.
Michael F. Beers, Casa Grande, Ariz., for Robert Wayne Vickers.
Michael J. Meehan, Tucson, Ariz., for Spencer Watson.
United States District Court, D. Arizona.
OPINION AND ORDER
MUECKE, Chief Judge.
On May 13, 1978, petitioner John Henry Knapp, an inmate on Arizona's death row, brought before this Court, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus, seeking to enjoin his execution by respondent. After court proceedings in this, and other related cases, Knapp's action has reached its present posture. A brief historical review will be helpful to an understanding of the issues presented...
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