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RUCKER v. NORRIS

No. 08-1970.

563 F.3d 766 (2009)

Johnny A. RUCKER, Jr., Appellant, v. Larry NORRIS, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: April 30, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Wesley Hall, Jr., argued, Little Rock, AR, for appellant.

Pamela Rumpz, AAG, argued, Little Rock, AR, for appellee.

Before LOKEN, Chief Judge, BEAM and ARNOLD, Circuit Judges.

LOKEN, Chief Judge.

An Arkansas jury convicted Johnny Rucker of capital murder. The Supreme Court of Arkansas affirmed the conviction and life sentence. Rucker v. State, 320 Ark. 643, 899 S.W.2d 447 (1995). The state trial court denied Rucker's petition for postconviction relief; the Supreme Court of Arkansas again affirmed. In 2001, Rucker petitioned...

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