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RUIZ v. NORRIS

No. PB-C-89-395.

868 F.Supp. 1471 (1994)

Paul RUIZ and Earl Van Denton v. Larry NORRIS, Director Arkansas Department of Correction.

United States District Court, E.D. Arkansas, Western Division.

August 2, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. Alvin Schay, Arkansas Death Penalty Resource Center, Inc.; Ray E. Hartenstein; Herbert C. Rule, III, Rose Law Firm, Little Rock, AR, and Mark S. Cambiano, Cambiano Law Firm, Morrilton, AR, for plaintiffs.

Clint E. Miller, Atty. General's Office, Little Rock, AR, for defendant.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

EISELE, District Judge.

BACKGROUND

While this habeas proceeding has now been pending for five years, the underlying case is much older. As noted by the Arkansas Supreme Court in its last decision, "this capital murder case has followed a long and torturous path."

Early in 1977, petitioners Ruiz and Denton were imprisoned in the Oklahoma State Prison in McAlister — Ruiz for armed robbery...

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