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Sumlin v. State

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided June 22, 1981No. CR 78-217PublishedCited by 63 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Darrell Hickman, Justice.

Warren Sumlin was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death. The charge was that he was an accessory to the murder of J. Y. Cooper. Cooper was killed by Warren Sumlin’s wife who took Cooper’s wallet and vehicle. The vehicle was to be used in an escape that the Sumlins planned.

Sumlin was in the Columbia county jail in the fall of 1977, awaiting extradition to California. While in jáil he married Ruth Sumlin on the 2nd day of October, 1977. Together they planned Warren’s escape from jail. Ruth Sumlin was to get a man named J. Y. Cooper drunk and steal his car…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. Trammel v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  3. Wicks v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1980
  4. Collins v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1977
  5. Sumlin v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1979

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3Cited by63 opinions

  1. Tichnell v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1983
  2. Perry v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1982
  3. Atkinson v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2002
  4. Clines v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1983
  5. Davis v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2002

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