Legal Opinion

Smith v. State

Court of Appeals of Arkansas

Decided March 16, 2005No. CA CR 04-200PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Wendell L. Griffen, Judge.

Roshonda Smith appeals her conviction for first-degree battery and raises two points. First, she argues that the trial court erred in admitting evidence of a prior bad act concerning the same victim. Second, she argues that the trial court erred in denying her motion for a mistrial after it denied her the use of all of her peremptory jury strikes. We affirm on both points.

Because appellant does not challenge the sufficiency of the evidence supporting her conviction, only a brief recitation of the facts related to the issues on appeal is necessary. Appellant worked in…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. Swain v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  2. Gaines v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2000
  3. Walker v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1991
  4. Price v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1980
  5. Jones v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2000

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. State v. SmithSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2007
  2. Solomon v. StateCourt of Appeals of Arkansas · 2010
  3. Ferguson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Arkansas · 2015
  4. Hester v. StateCourt of Appeals of Arkansas · 2007
  5. Mendiola v. StateCourt of Appeals of Arkansas · 2005

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