PITTS v. LOCKHART

No. 89-1308.

911 F.2d 109 (1990)

Eugene Issac PITTS, Appellant, v. A.L. LOCKHART, Director, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided August 10, 1990.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied September 25, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M. Darren O'Quinn, Little Rock, Ark., for appellant.

Olan W. Reeves, Little Rock, Ark., for appellee.

Before ARNOLD and BOWMAN, Circuit Judges, and HUNTER, Senior District Judge.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied September 25, 1990.

ELMO B. HUNTER, Senior District Judge.

Eugene Issac Pitts, a state prisoner in Arkansas, appeals from the order of the magistrate dismissing his second petition for writ of habeas corpus filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. We affirm.

Pitts was convicted by a jury on July 13, 1979, of capital felony murder in connection with the shooting death of Dr. Bernard Jones, a North Little Rock,...

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