DENTON v. NORRIS

No. 96-8171.

104 F.3d 166 (1997)

Earl Van DENTON and Paul Ruiz, Petitioners, v. Larry NORRIS, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction, Respondent.

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, JOHN R. GIBSON and WOLLMAN, Circuit Judges.


RICHARD S. ARNOLD, Chief Judge.

In Ruiz v. Norris, 71 F.3d 1404 (8th Cir. 1995), cert. denied, ___ U.S. ___, 117 S.Ct. 384, 136 L.Ed.2d 301 (1996), we upheld convictions of capital murder and sentences of death imposed on Paul Ruiz and Earl Van Denton.1 The crimes were committed in 1977. Ruiz and Denton now move under Section 106(b)(3)(B) of the Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty...

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