COX v. NORRIS

No. 97-1280.

133 F.3d 565 (1997)

Johnie COX, Appellant, v. Larry NORRIS, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided December 29, 1997.

Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing Denied February 5, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. Alvin Schay, Little Rock, AR, for Appellant.

Joseph Vincent Svoboda, Little Rock, AR, for Appellee.

Before McMILLIAN, FLOYD R. GIBSON and BEAM, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing En Banc Denied February 5, 1998.

BEAM, Circuit Judge.

Arkansas death-row inmate Johnie Cox seeks a certificate of appealability of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas corpus action. Cox has been sentenced to death for the 1989 murders of Marie Sullens, Margaret Brown, and William Brown. We deny the application.

I. BACKGROUND

On November 1, 1989, Cox went to Marie Sullens's apartment to kill her. He had...

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