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BELL v. LOCKHART

No. 92-3782.

2 F.3d 293 (1993)

J.C. BELL, Appellee, v. A.L. LOCKHART, Director, Arkansas Department of Corrections, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided August 19, 1993.

Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing Denied October 28, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Olan W. Reeves, Little Rock, AR, argued (Kyle R. Wilson, Asst. Atty. Gen., on the brief), for appellant.

Gary D. Corum, Little Rock, AR, argued, for appellee.

Before WOLLMAN and LOKEN, Circuit Judges, and BOGUE, Senior District Judge.

Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing En Banc Denied October 28, 1993.

WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.

The State of Arkansas appeals from the district court's order granting J.C. Bell federal habeas corpus relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. We reverse.

I.

This case has a long and convoluted history. On February 9, 1974, K.B. Allen, a businessman in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, was shot and killed during a robbery at his shoe store. Petitioner Bell, along...

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