Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit November 9, 1988, 87-2417 (Barry Lee Fairchild v. A.L. Lockhart, Director of the Arkansas Department of Correction)

ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.

Barry Lee Fairchild was convicted of the capital murder of Marjorie Mason and sentenced to death. The Arkansas Supreme Court affirmed the conviction and sentence on direct appeal,

Fairchild v. State,

284 Ark. 289, 681 S.W.2d 380 (1984),

cert. denied,

471 U.S. 1111, 105 S.Ct. 2346, 85 L.Ed.