SIMMONS v. LOCKHART

No. 86-1177.

814 F.2d 504 (1987)

Thomas SIMMONS, Appellant, v. A.L. LOCKHART, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction, and Steve Clark, Attorney General, State of Arkansas, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided March 18, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

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

Before McMILLIAN and ARNOLD, Circuit Judges, and ARNOLD, District Judge.


ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.

This death-penalty case comes to us on appeal of the District Court's1 denial of habeas corpus relief, 626 F.Supp. 872 (E.D.Ark.1985). On the issues presented to us, we affirm the judgment of the District Court.

I.

On January 5, 1981, Larry Price disappeared from his home in Fort Smith, Arkansas. On that afternoon, Jawana Price, his wife, went with her employer...

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