Legal Opinion

Free v. State

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided July 13, 1987No. CR 86-188PublishedCited by 62 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

John Robert Graves, Special Justice.

Certiorari was granted by this Court pursuant to Rule 29 (6) (c) as a result of a tie vote in the Court of Appeals, CA CR 85-205, opinion delivered October 8, 1986.

The appellant, Anthony Paul Free, was accused of unlawfully and feloniously engaging in deviate sexual activity with a person under the age of eleven (11) and was charged with five counts of rape. The jury returned a verdict of guilty on three counts sentencing him to ten (10) years on each count with two of the charges to run consecutively for a total of twenty (20) years. The appellant argues…

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2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Schneckloth v. BustamonteSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  2. Alford v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1954
  3. White v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1986
  4. Degler v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1975
  5. Gardner v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1978

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3Cited by62 opinions

  1. Scherrer v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1988
  2. Davasher v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1992
  3. Conner v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1998
  4. Hamm v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1988
  5. Roberts v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2003

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