FRETWELL v. LOCKHART

Nos. 90-2105, 90-2315.

946 F.2d 571 (1991)

Bobby Ray FRETWELL, Appellee, v. A.L. LOCKHART, Director, Arkansas Department of Corrections, Appellant. Bobby Ray FRETWELL, Appellant, v. A.L. LOCKHART, Director, Arkansas Department of Corrections, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided September 23, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clint Miller, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, Ark., for appellant.

Richard R. Medlock, Little Rock, Ark., for appellee.

Before LAY, Chief Judge, and MAGILL and LOKEN, Circuit Judges.


MAGILL, Circuit Judge.

A.L. Lockhart, Director of the Arkansas Department of Correction, appeals the district court's grant of habeas corpus relief to Bobby Ray Fretwell on the ground that Fretwell had received ineffective assistance of counsel at his capital felony murder trial. Fretwell cross-appeals, raising other claims of ineffective assistance of counsel. We affirm the district court's decision in part and remand for further proceedings consistent with this...

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