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RUIZ v. NORRIS

Nos. 94-3402EA, 94-3403EA.

71 F.3d 1404 (1995)

Paul RUIZ, Appellant, v. Larry NORRIS, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction, Appellee. Earl VAN DENTON, Appellant, v. Larry NORRIS, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided December 11, 1995.

Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing Denied February 28, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herbert C. Rule, III, Little Rock, Arkansas, argued, for appellant Paul Ruiz.

Ray Hartenstein, Little Rock, Arkansas, argued for appellant Earl Van Denton.

Clint Miller, Acting Deputy Attorney General, argued, for appellee.

Before RICHARD S. ARNOLD, Chief Judge, JOHN R. GIBSON and WOLLMAN, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing En Banc Denied February 28, 1996.*

RICHARD S. ARNOLD, Chief Judge.

The habeas corpus petitions of Paul Ruiz and Earl Van Denton, both of whom are under sentence of death, are once again before us. Ruiz and Denton have been convicted of capital murder and sentenced to die for the killing of Marvin Ritchie, Town Marshal of the Town of Magazine, Arkansas, and Opal James, an employee of the Corps...

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