HOLMES v. NORRIS

No. 94-2916.

32 F.3d 1240 (1994)

James William HOLMES, Appellant, v. Larry NORRIS, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided August 3, 1994.

Order and Amending Order Granting Rehearing and Vacating Stay of Execution August 3, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deborah Sallings, E. Alvin Schay, Little Rock, AR, and Steven W. Hawkins, New York City, for appellant.

Olan Reeves, Little Rock, AR, for appellee.

Before RICHARD S. ARNOLD, Chief Judge, HENLEY, Senior Circuit Judge, and MAGILL, Circuit Judge.


Order and Amending Order Granting Rehearing En Banc and Vacating Stay of Execution August 3, 1994.

RICHARD S. ARNOLD, Chief Judge.

The motion of appellant Holmes for stay of execution is granted, pending further order of this Court, the Supreme Court, or a justice thereof. The motion for appointment of counsel is also granted.

Holmes suggests at least two respects in which his trial counsel may have been ineffective in the constitutional sense: (1...

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