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    Raymond C. Sanders, Jr. - Arkansas



    Facts of the Crime:

    Convicted of the murders of Nancy and Charles Brannon on February 28, 1991 and sentenced on August 31, 1992, to die for the gunshot murders of Nancy and Charles Brannon of Malvern. Charles Brannon’s body was found on church grounds in Rockport on November 21, 1989. Nancy Brannon’s body was found two days later a short distance from where police found the Brannons’ pickup truck on Grigsby Ford Road in Malvern.

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    Petition granted in part and denied in part.

    Opinion here

    http://courts.arkansas.gov/opinions/...9/cr91-122.pdf

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    Inmate Personal Information
    DOB: 08/14/1960
    Race: Black
    Gender: Male


    Crime and Trial Information
    * County of conviction: Grant
    * Number of counts: Two
    * Race of Victims: White/White
    * Gender of Victims: Male/Female
    * Date of crime: 11/21/1989
    * Date of Sentencing: 02/28/1991


    Legal Status
    Current proceedings:
    Remanded to circuit court where Sanders
    may proceed with a petition for writ of
    error coram nobis


    Attorney
    Jeffrey Rosenzweig


    Court Opinions
    Sanders v. State, 824 S.W.2d 353 (Ark. 1992) (affirming conviction but remanding for new sentencing phase); Sanders v. State, 878 S.W.2d 391 (Ark. 1994) (affirming sentence), cert. denied, 513 U.S. 1162 (1995); Sanders v. State, 98 S.W.3d 35 (Ark.) (reversing denial of postconviction relief), reh'g, 102 S.W.3d 480 (Ark. 2003); Sanders v. State, 285 S.W.3d 630 (Ark. 2008) (holding that good cause existed for issuance of writ of error coram nobis, so that petitioner could proceed in post‐conviction trial court on his due process claim of a Brady violation at trial).


    Legal Issues
    On appeal from denial of post‐conviction relief:
    (1) whether, on an issue of apparent first impression, it was unreasonable to summarily dismiss petitioner's original petition for exceeding 10 pages;
    (2) whether petitioner was entitled to supplement his petition so that he could raise allegations regarding alleged criminal relationship between prosecutor and petitioner's defense counsel;
    (3)whether trial court's application of civil procedure rule governing summary judgment to petition prejudiced petitioner;
    (4) whether petitioner was entitled to hearing on his petition;
    (5) whether petitioner was entitled to different judge on remand; and
    (6) whether petitioner was entitled to appointment of counsel under rule providing method for pursuingpostconviction relief in death‐penalty cases.

    On petition to reinvest jurisdiction in the trial court to consider a petition for writ of error coram nobis:
    (1) Brady violation

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    Sanders v. Arkansas No. CR 10-467.

    Sanders' appeal for post-conviction relief was dismissed since his death sentence was vacated and remanded back to circuit court for retrial.

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    The Arkansas Supreme Court is soft. They reverse and stay death sentences way too often.

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    Death row inmate given life without parole in re-trial

    A convicted murderer is off death row after a re-trial in Hot Spring County.

    The jury handed down two capital murder convictions Monday for Raymond Sanders. They sentenced him to life without parole instead of the death penalty.

    Sanders was originally sentenced to death in 1992 in Grant County for the 1989 murders of Nancy and Charles Brannon of Malvern.

    Charles Brannon's body was found November 21, 1989. Nancy Brannon's body was found two days later a short distance from where police found the Brannons' pickup truck on Grigsby Ford Road in Malvern.

    Sanders appealed his conviction to the Arkansas Supreme Court in 1992 but they upheld his sentence.

    Sanders' attorney appealed the case again this year through a "Rule 37 petition." He claimed the location of the first trial was changed from Malvern to Sheridan without Sanders' consent, leading to an unfair trial. He also alleged Sanders' attorneys in the first trial were ineffective.

    http://www.katv.com/story/19824583/d...le-in-re-trial
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