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WALKER v. LOCKHART

No. 87-2378.

852 F.2d 379 (1988)

Earnest WALKER, Appellee, v. A.L. LOCKHART, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided July 28, 1988.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied October 21, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theodore Holder, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, Ark., for appellant.

Robert L. Baker, Little Rock, Ark., for appellee.

Before FAGG, Circuit Judge, SNEED, Senior Circuit Judge, and MAGILL, Circuit Judge.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied October 21, 1988.

FAGG, Circuit Judge.

A.L. Lockhart, Director of the Arkansas Department of Correction, appeals from the district court's order granting Earnest Walker's petition for a writ of habeas corpus. We reverse.

After investigating the death of a woman who was found beaten and shot to death, the State of Arkansas charged Walker with capital murder. The State called Walker's accomplice to testify at Walker...

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