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PICKENS v. LOCKHART

No. 82-1836.

714 F.2d 1455 (1983)

Edward Charles PICKENS, Appellant, v. A.L. LOCKHART, Director, Arkansas Department of Corrections, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided August 12, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Steve Clark, Atty. Gen. by C.R. McNair, III, Victra L. Fewell, Asst. Attys. Gen., Little Rock, Ark., for appellee.

Before LAY, Chief Judge, HENLEY, Senior Circuit Judge, and ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.

LAY, Chief Judge.

In 1975 Edward Charles Pickens was charged by information in Arkansas state court with murder in the first degree pursuant to Ark.Stat.Ann. § 41-2205 (current version at Ark.Stat.Ann. § 41-1502 (1977)). Several weeks prior to trial the State amended the information to charge Pickens with capital felony murder pursuant to Ark.Stat.Ann. § 41-4702 (current version at Ark.Stat.Ann. § 41-1501 (1977)), which carries the possibility...

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