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RUIZ v. LOCKHART

No. 83-2319.

806 F.2d 158 (1986)

Paul RUIZ and Earl Van Denton, Appellants, v. A.L. LOCKHART, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction and Steve Clark, Attorney General of the State of Arkansas, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided November 20, 1986.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied January 28, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ron Heller, Little Rock, Ark., for appellants.

Jack Gillean, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, Ark., for appellees.

Before McMILLIAN, ARNOLD, and JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied January 28, 1987.

ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.

These death-penalty cases are once again before us, on remand from the Supreme Court of the United States.

The appellants, Paul Ruiz and Earl Van Denton, were charged with capital felony murder, convicted, and sentenced to death by the jury. After exhausting their remedies in the State courts, they filed a petition for federal habeas corpus, which was dismissed by the District...

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