Legal Opinion

Scott v. State

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided March 13, 1989No. CR 89-17PublishedCited by 21 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

John I. Purtle, Justice.

The appellant was convicted of DWI in the Wynne, Arkansas municipal court. He then appealed the conviction to the circuit court for Cross County. The circuit court jury found him guilty, and the court sentenced him to six months in jail and assessed a one thousand dollar fine. The only issue that we need consider is whether the appellant gave a voluntary and intelligent waiver of his right to trial counsel. The record does not disclose that he waived this right. Consequently the conviction is reversed and the case is remanded to the circuit court.

The record is silent…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
  2. Faretta v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  3. Carnley v. CochranSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
  4. Patterson v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
  5. Hiram Eugene Meyer v. Willis Sargent, Warden, Arkansas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1988

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3Cited by21 opinions

  1. Oliver v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1996
  2. Bledsoe v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1999
  3. Hatfield v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2001
  4. Daniels v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1995
  5. Walton v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2012

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