Federal judge rules Wyoming's lone death row inmate deserves hearings on his claims
A federal judge has ruled Wyoming's lone death row inmate is entitled to new hearings on his claims that he didn't receive an adequate defense at trial in state court.
U.S. District Judge Alan Johnson of Cheyenne on Thursday ordered that Dale Wayne Eaton deserves new federal hearings to develop evidence.
Eaton is challenging the constitutionality of the state death sentence he received in the 1988 rape and murder of 18-year-old Lisa Marie Kimmell of Billings, Mont.
Eaton's current lawyers say his trial lawyers failed to research Eaton's background and made an inadequate argument that he deserved only a life sentence. State lawyers maintain Eaton received a fair trial.
Cheyenne lawyer Terry Harris represents Eaton and declined comment Friday. The Wyoming Attorney General's Office doesn't comment on pending cases.
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