District Court, E.D. Arkansas April 30, 1992, PB-C-92-240 (Hill v. Lockhart)

MEMORANDUM OPINION

HENRY WOODS, District Judge.

I. PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Petitioner Stephen Douglas Hill was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death by a jury in Pulaski County on March 8, 1985. His conviction was affirmed by the Arkansas Supreme Court,

Hill v. State,

289 Ark. 387, 713 S.W.2d 233 (1986),

cert. denied,

479 U.S. 1101, 107 S.Ct. 1331, 94 L.Ed.2d 182 (1987).