Legal Opinion
Lee Henslee, Superintendent of Arkansas State Penitentiary v. Clarence Stewart, Jr.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided February 6, 1963No. 17148PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Per curiam
This is an appeal by the Superintendent of the Arkansas State Penitentiary from an order 1 entered upon the amended petition of Clarence Stewart, Jr., for a writ of habeas corpus.
Stewart, a Negro then about 21 years of age, was charged, by information filed' in Pulaski County, Arkansas, with the crime of murder in the first degree. He was convicted by a jury at the March 1960 term of the Circuit Court, First Division, of that county. The jury did not render a verdict of life imprisonment under Ark.Stats. § 43-2153. Stewart consequently received a death sentence. § 41-2227; Turner v. State,…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Smith v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Norris v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Avery v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Eubanks v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Luther Bailey v. Lee Henslee, Superintendent of the Arkansas State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1961
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3Cited by14 opinions
- William L. Maxwell v. Dan D. Stephens, Superintendent of Arkansas State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1965
- Lonnie Mitchell v. Dan D. Stephens, Superintendent of Arkansas State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1965
- Harris v. StephensCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1966
- William L. Maxwell v. O. E. Bishop, Superintendent, Arkansas State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1968
- Clarence Stewart, Jr. v. O. E. Bishop, Superintendent of Arkansas State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1968
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