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SWINDLER v. LOCKHART

No. PB-C-81-415.

693 F.Supp. 760 (1988)

John Edward SWINDLER, Plaintiff, v. A.L. LOCKHART, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction, Respondent.

United States District Court, E.D. Arkansas, Pine Bluff Division.

August 12, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thurman Ragar, Van Buren, Ark., for plaintiff.

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

MEMORANDUM OPINION

HENRY WOODS, District Judge.

Petitioner John Edward Swindler was convicted of the capital felony murder of Randy Basnett, a Ft. Smith police officer, and was sentenced to death by the Circuit Court of Sebastian County, Arkansas. The Supreme Court of Arkansas set aside that conviction and granted Swindler a new trial because the trial court had erroneously refused to grant the defense motion for a change of venue from Sebastian County,...

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