Legal Opinion
Warren Goodrum v. State of Arkansas
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided April 17, 2025PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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2025 Ark. 41
SUPREME COURT OF ARKANSAS No. CR-24-240 Opinion Delivered: April 17, 2025 WARREN GOODRUM APPELLANT APPEAL FROM THE PULASKI COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT, V. SEVENTH DIVISION [NO. 60CR-18-3598] STATE OF ARKANSAS APPELLEE HONORABLE KAREN D. WHATLEY, JUDGE AFFIRMED. RHONDA K. WOOD, Associate Justice Warren Goodrum received a mandatory sentence of life imprisonment without parole for his capital-murder conviction that he committed at age eighteen. On appeal, he seeks to overrule our precedent and extend Miller v. Alabama,
567 U.S. 460
(2012). Miller requires those who sentence offenders…
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