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EASTER v. NORRIS

No. 96-2222.

100 F.3d 523 (1996)

Jerry EASTER, Appellee, v. Larry NORRIS, Director of the Arkansas Department of Corrections, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided November 13, 1996.

Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing Denied January 7, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kelly K. Hill, Little Rock, AR (Winston Bryant and Olan W. Reeves, on the brief), for appellant.

Howard B. Eisenberg, Milwaukee, WI, for appellee.

Before WOLLMAN, ROSS, and BEAM, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing En Banc Denied January 7, 1997.*

WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.

The State of Arkansas appeals from the district court's order granting Jerry Lynn Easter's 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition. We reverse.

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