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PITTS v. NORRIS

No. 95-2746EA.

85 F.3d 348 (1996)

Eugene Issac PITTS, Appellant, v. Larry NORRIS, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided June 4, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George L. Lucas, argued, Fayetteville, AR, for appellant.

Olan W. Reeves, argued, Little Rock, AR, for appellee.

Before RICHARD S. ARNOLD, Chief Judge, BOWMAN and WOLLMAN, Circuit Judges.

RICHARD S. ARNOLD, Chief Judge.

Eugene Pitts, who is serving a sentence of life in prison without parole, appeals the District Court's1 denial of his third petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The Court concluded that the claims raised in the petition were procedurally barred. We affirm.

I.

We begin with a brief overview of the facts leading to Pitts's conviction and ultimately to this appeal. In January of 1979, Pitts...

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