RUIZ v. NORRIS

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

104 F.3d 163 (1997)

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 January 3, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ray E. Hartenstein, Little Rock, AR, for appellant.

Darnisa Evans Johnson, Assistant Attorney General, Little Rock AR, for Appellee.

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


RICHARD S. ARNOLD, Chief Judge.

In Ruiz v. Norris, 71 F.3d 1404 (8th Cir. 1995), we upheld death sentences imposed on Paul Ruiz and Earl Van Denton for capital murder. The Supreme Court denied certiorari on November 4, 1996. ___ U.S. ___, 117 S.Ct. 384, 136 L.Ed.2d 301. Executions have been set for January 8, 1997. The petitioners have now moved to recall our mandate in order to permit them to contend that a decision of the...

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