· 5/10/1990
Billy Ray Hale v. A.L. Lockhart, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction
Citations
- 903 F.2d 545
- 1990 U.S. App. LEXIS 7687
- 1990 WL 59517
How courts have described this case
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- “[t]he threat of the death penalty is a powerful incentive to plead regardless of whether the risk of receiving it is perceived to be great or small.”
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Judges: Arnold, Bowman, Hunter
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