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RUIZ v. LOCKHART

No. 83-2319.

754 F.2d 254 (1985)

Paul RUIZ and Earl Van Denton, Appellants, v. A.L. LOCKHART, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction, and Steve Clark, Attorney General of Arkansas, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided January 31, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ron Heller, Hollingsworth & Heller, P.A., Little Rock, Ark., for appellants.

Steve Clark, Atty. Gen., by Victra L. Fewell, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, Ark., for appellees.

Before McMILLIAN, BENNETT and ARNOLD, Circuit Judges.

ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.

The appellants Paul Ruiz and Earl Van Denton were charged with capital felony murder, convicted, and sentenced to death by the jury. The District Court dismissed their petition for habeas corpus. They appeal, arguing, among other things, that because their jury was "death-qualified" it was neither impartial nor a representative cross-section of the community. This case is governed by our decisions in Grigsby v. Mabry,

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