Legal Opinion
Sumlin v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided October 15, 1979No. CR 78-168PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Darrell Hickman, Justice.
On Thanksgiving day in 1977, Ruth Della Sumlin participated in an escapade that resulted in her being charged with capital murder. She was charged with the murder of J. Y. Cooper in the course and furtherance of being an accomplice to escape in the first degree. She was also accused of robbing Cooper. She was tried in the Columbia County Circuit Court, convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment without parole.
On appeal she alleges nine errors. We find on review none of these errors require reversal of the conviction or sentence. We have also examined the record for…
2Cases cited22 opinions
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- South Dakota v. OppermanSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Patterson v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Michigan v. MosleySupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- United States v. EdwardsSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
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3Cited by44 opinions
- Duncan v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1987
- Thomas v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1993
- Sumlin v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1981
- Shirley Curd v. City Court Of Judsonia, ArkansasCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1998
- Smith v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1984
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