Legal Opinion
Swindler v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided December 17, 1979No. CR 79-116PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Darrell Hickman, Justice.
John Edward Swindler’s first trial for killing Randy Basnett, a Fort Smith police officer acting in the line of duty, was held in February, 1977. He was found guilty of capital murder and sentenced to die by electrocution. His trial was held in Fort Smith, Sebastian County. We reversed that conviction because the court failed to grant a change of venue and because the court failed to excuse three jurors. Swindler v. State, 264 Ark. 107, 569 S.W. 2d 120 (1978). The case was tried again but this time in Scott County, an adjacent county to the judicial district. Swindler…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Irvin v. DowdSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Sheppard v. MaxwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Murphy v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Collins v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1977
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3Cited by42 opinions
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