Legal Opinion
Watson v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided November 14, 1994No. CR 94-267PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Steele Hays, Justice.
Nelson Watson Jr. was charged with five counts of delivery of crack cocaine to an undercover agent during March and April, 1993, one count of maintaining a residence where controlled substances were stored and distributed, and one count of possession of a controlled substance. Watson was tried and convicted on all counts and, as an habitual offender, sentenced to life sentences on the six counts of possession and twelve years for maintaining a residence for purposes of distribution. Four of the life sentences were imposed to run concurrently.
On appeal Watson assigns three…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Davis v. AlaskaSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- United States v. MechanikSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Stanley v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1988
- Henderson v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1983
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Gatlin v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1995
- Griffin v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1995
- Sparkman v. StateCourt of Appeals of Arkansas · 2005
- Barnett v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2001
- Bosquet v. StateCourt of Appeals of Arkansas · 1997
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