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RICHMOND v. RICKETTS

No. CIV 84-010 TUC ACM.

640 F.Supp. 767 (1986)

Willie Lee RICHMOND, Petitioner, v. James R. RICKETTS, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections; and Donald Wawrzaszek, Superintendent of the Arizona State Prison, Respondents.

United States District Court, D. Arizona.

July 11, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack Roberts, Asst. Atty. Gen., Dept. of Law, Phoenix, Ariz., for petitioner.

Carla Ryan, Pima County Public Defender's Office, Tucson, Ariz., Tim Ford, Seattle, Wash., for respondents.

ORDER

MARQUEZ, District Judge.

Petitioner, Willie Lee Richmond [Richmond], filed this action seeking a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. He challenges his conviction for first degree murder and his sentence of death.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

During the late evening hours of August 25, 1973, Richmond and his fifteen year old girlfriend, Faith Erwin1, went to the Bird Cage Bar in Tucson...

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