RECTOR v. LOCKHART

No. PB-C-92-02.

783 F.Supp. 398 (1992)

Ricky Ray RECTOR, Petitioner, v. A.L. LOCKHART, Director of the Arkansas Department of Correction, and Winston Bryant, Attorney General of the State of Arkansas, Respondents.

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

January 22, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. Jewell, Little Rock, Ark., for petitioner.

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


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

HENRY WOODS, District Judge.

INTRODUCTION. Ricky Ray Rector ("Rector") has filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 and an application to stay his execution. For the reasons that follow, both submissions are denied.

FACTS. The facts of this case have been well documented. On March 22, 1981, Rector shot and killed Arthur Criswell and wounded two others at a Conway, Arkansas restaurant...

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