REYNOLDS v. NORRIS

No. 95-3154.

86 F.3d 796 (1996)

Willie REYNOLDS, Appellee, v. Larry NORRIS, Arkansas Department of Correction, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided June 13, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Olan W. Reeves, Little Rock, AR, argued (Todd L. Newton, on the brief), for appellant.

David O. Bowden, Little Rock, AR, argued for appellee.

Before WOLLMAN, HEANEY and BRIGHT, Circuit Judges.


BRIGHT, Circuit Judge.

Larry Norris, the Director of the Arkansas Department of Correction, appeals the order of the district court granting Willie Reynolds his petition for a writ of habeas corpus.1 The district court determined that sufficient doubt existed concerning Reynolds' competency at the time of trial to require a further competency hearing and ordered that the writ of habeas corpus be issued and Reynolds be discharged, unless...

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