ORNDORFF v. LOCKHART

Nos. 88-2344, 88-2405.

906 F.2d 1230 (1990)

Michael Ray ORNDORFF, Appellant, v. A.L. LOCKHART, Director, Arkansas Dept. of Correction, Appellee. James William HOLMES, Appellant, v. A.L. LOCKHART, Director, Arkansas Dept. of Correction, Appellee. Hoyt Franklin CLINES, Appellant, v. A.L. LOCKHART, Director, Arkansas Dept. of Correction, Appellee. Darryl V. RICHLEY, Appellant, v. A.L. LOCKHART, Director, Arkansas Dept. of Correction, Appellee. Michael Ray ORNDORFF, Appellee, v. A.L. LOCKHART, Director, Arkansas Dept. of Correction, Appellant. James William HOLMES, Appellee, v. A.L. LOCKHART, Director, Arkansas Dept. of Correction, Appellant. Hoyt Franklin CLINES, Appellee, v. A.L. LOCKHART, Director, Arkansas Dept. of Correction, Appellant. Darryl V. RICHLEY, Appellee, v. A.L. LOCKHART, Director, Arkansas Dept. of Correction, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided June 19, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald A. Coleman, West Memphis, Ark., for appellants.

Jack Gillean, Little Rock, Ark., for appellees.

Before BOWMAN, Circuit Judge, HENLEY, Senior Circuit Judge, and WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.


BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.

Michael Ray Orndorff, James William Holmes, Hoyt Franklin Clines, and Darryl V. Richley (petitioners) appeal, and A. L. Lockhart cross-appeals, from the judgment of the District Court1 granting petitioners partial habeas corpus relief. We affirm in part, vacate in part, and remand for further proceedings.

In October 1981 petitioners were found guilty of the murder of Don Lehman in Rogers, Arkansas and were...

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