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PICKENS v. LOCKHART

No. PB-C-81-141.

542 F.Supp. 585 (1982)

Edward Charles PICKENS, Petitioner, v. A. L. LOCKHART, Director Arkansas Department of Corrections, Respondent.

United States District Court, E. D. Arkansas, Pine Bluff Division.

June 10, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ray Hartenstein, Little Rock, Ark., for petitioner.

Randy McNair, Victoria Fuel, Asst. Attys. Gen., State of Ark., Little Rock, Ark., for respondent.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

WOODS, District Judge.

FACTS

Petitioner, a 21-year-old black male, was a participant in one of the most heinous crimes in the history of this State. As frankly described by one of petitioner's witnesses, "[I]f there was ever a case that was made for the death penalty, this was one of those cases." (Isbell Dep. 27.) After murdering one victim and stealing his car, petitioner and his two companions went to a rural grocery store...

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