DON WILLIAM DAVIS

DOB: November 23, 1962
Race: White
Gender: Male

County of conviction: Benton
Number of counts: 1
Race of victim: White
Gender of victim: Female
Date of crime: October 12, 1990
Date of sentencing: March 6, 1992

Trial Counsel:

Joel Huggins
Charles Duell

Current proceedings:

• 1983 Challenge to Lethal Injection in E.D. of Arkansas

Last judicial decision:

• Stay of Execution based on Lethal Injection Claim by E.D. of Arkansas, June 26, 2006, Dansby v. Norris, Case No. 5:06-Cv-00110-SWW.

Current counsel:

E. Alvin Schay
523 So. Louisiana, Suite 550
Little Rock, AR 72201
(501) 376-7000

Deborah Ruth Sallings
Cauley, Geller, Bowman and Rudman, LLP
11001 Executive Center Drive, Suite 200
Little Rock, AR 72211
(501) 312-8500

Reported Opinions:

• Stay of Execution based on Lethal Injection Claim by E.D. of Arkansas, June 26, 2006, Dansby v. Norris, Case No. 5:06-Cv-00110-SWW.
   
• Eighth Circuit's affirmance of district court's denial of habeas September 14, 2005, Case No. 04-2192.  Davis v. Norris, 423 F.3d 868 (8th Cir. 2005).
   
• Stay of execution dissolved by Davis v. State, 53 S.W.3d 46 (Ark. 2001).
   
• Denial of post-conviction relief affirmed by Davis v. State, 44 S.W.3d 726 (Ark. 2001).
   
• Conviction and sentence affirmed on direct appeal by Davis v. State, 863 S.W.2d 259 (Ark. 1993), cert. denied, 511 U.S. 1026 (1994).

Significant legal issues:

• Lethal Injection Challenge
   
• Ake and IAC claim stemming from trial court's refusal to appoint an independent psychiatric examiner to assist with the penalty phase defense
   
• psychiatrist's testimony during penalty phase that he did not have the opportunity to interview Mr. Davis because he invoked his right to remain silent

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