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BELL v. LOCKHART

No. 85-1640.

795 F.2d 655 (1986)

J.C. BELL, Appellant, v. A.L. LOCKHART, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided July 9, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary Corum, Little Rock, Ark., for appellant.

Clint Miller, Little Rock, Ark., for appellee.

Before LAY, Chief Judge, FLOYD R. GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge, and ROSS, Circuit Judge.

ROSS, Circuit Judge.

J.C. Bell was convicted of capital felony murder in an Arkansas state court in 1974 for his participation in the robbery and killing of a store owner. He was sentenced to life imprisonment without parole when the jury deadlocked on the death penalty issue. His petition for a writ of habeas corpus was denied by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas, and this appeal followed.

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