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Parties Involved:
Larry D. Bellew
Plaintiff
Larry Norris
Defendant

Document Text:

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

WESTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS

TEXARKANA DIVISION

LARRY D. BELLEW PETITIONER

vs. NO. 05-4065

LARRY NORRIS, Director,

Arkansas Department of Correction RESPONDENT

O R D E R

After a review of the pleadings and the record herein, the Court on its own motion

pursuant to Rule 7(b) Rules Governing § 2254 Cases in the United States District Court, enters

the following order this 26th day of January 2006:

The petitioner, Larry D. Bellew, is ordered to complete the attached "Second

Questionnaire/Addendum to Petition" and return the same to the Court within twenty (20) days

from this date.

The petitioner is warned that his failure to comply with this order and complete and

return the attached "Second Questionnaire/Addendum to Petition" to the Court within twenty

(20) days shall constitute grounds for dismissal of the complaint, with prejudice.

DATED this 26th day of January 2006.

/s/ Bobby E. Shepherd 

HON. BOBBY E. SHEPHERD 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

WESTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS

TEXARKANA DIVISION

LARRY D. BELLEW PETITIONER

v. Civil No. 05-4065

LARRY NORRIS, Director,

Arkansas Department of Correction RESPONDENT

SECOND QUESTIONNAIRE/ADDENDUM TO PETITION

TO: Larry D. Bellew

Your petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 for writ of habeas corpus by a person in state

custody appears to be subject to dismissal for the reasons set forth below.

This form is sent to you so that you may remedy the defects noted below. Accordingly,

it is required that you fill out this form and send it back to this court within twenty (20) days

from the date of the order which accompanies this questionnaire/ addendum. Failure to do so

will result in the automatic dismissal of your motion.

When you have fully completed this form, return it to the court. The response must be

legibly handwritten or typewritten, and signed by you under penalty of perjury. All questions

must be answered completely in the proper space provided on this form.

 1. In your addendum to petition, you allege that your attorney provided ineffective

assistance by failing to seek the suppression of the following evidence:

a. the hearsay testimony of any conversations the night of the killings;

b. the 911 calls;

c. the fingerprints from the gun;

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d. the pistol found “out by the boy.”

Please state all reasons why you failed to specifically identify, in your Rule 37 application

for post-conviction relief filed in the Circuit Court of Miller County, Arkansas, these items of

evidence as evidence that your attorney should have moved to suppress.

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2. You also allege that your attorney provided ineffective assistance by failing to offer

“mitigating evidence of physical evidence.” Please state all reasons why you failed to include

this allegation in your Rule 37 application for post-conviction relief filed in the Circuit Court of

Miller County, Arkansas.

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3. Please identify and describe all “mitigating evidence of physical evidence” to which

you refer.

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4. You also allege that “98% of the courtroom” at your trial was related. Please identify

and describe in detail all evidence, information and other proof upon which this statement is

based.

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5. You allege that your attorney provided ineffective assistance in failing to seek a

change of venue.

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Please list and describe all information and evidence of which you are aware which you

believe would have justified a change of venue.

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6. You allege that your attorney provided ineffective assistance in failing to “strike” three

jurors: Brian Jones, Thala Bolig and Bonnie Bennett.

Please list and describe all information and evidence of which you are aware which

supports your claim that each of these jurors were biased against you.

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I CERTIFY THAT THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS COVERED BY

THE VERIFICATION MADE BY ME ON MY INITIAL PETITION.

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 Larry D. Bellew

Date:_______________________

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