Legal Opinion
Orsini v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided December 16, 1985No. CR 83-66PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Per curiam
Petitioner was convicted of capital murder in 1982 and sentenced to life imprisonment without parole. We affirmed. Orsini v. State, 281 Ark. 348, 665 S.W.2d 245 (1984), cert. denied_U.S__, 105 S. Ct. 162 (1984). Petitioner has now filed in this Court a lengthy petition for postconviction relief pursuant to A.R.Cr.P. Rule 37 seeking an evidentiary hearing in circuit court. She also asks for this Court to provide her with a copy of, or access to, the complete case file of the prosecuting attorney so that she can amend the petition.
Petitioner bases her plea for postconviction relief on nine or…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- United States v. BagleySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Jones v. BarnesSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Tison v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Neal v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1980
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Scroggins v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1993
- Mary Lee Orsini v. Virginia Wallace, Warden, Women's Unit, Arkansas Department of CorrectionCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1990
- Howard v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1987
- Shockley v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1987
- Howard v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1987
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