Legal Opinion

Tyler v. State

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided May 29, 1979No. CR79-30PublishedCited by 36 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

John A. Fogleman, Justice.

Appellant was found guilty of theft of an automobile and sentenced to three years in the Arkansas Department of Correction. He seeks reversal of his conviction on the grounds that he was denied his right to counsel guaranteed by the Sixth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, that he was denied due process of law by the trial court’s failure to instruct the jury on the requirement of corroboration of the testimony of an accomplice, and that the evidence was insufficient to support the jury’s verdict. We find no reversible error and affirm.

Tyler was…

2Cases cited27 opinions

  1. Ungar v. SarafiteSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  2. Chandler v. Warden FretagSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
  3. United States v. William BentvenaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1963
  4. Earl Edward Gandy v. State of AlabamaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
  5. United States of America Ex Rel. William Davis v. Hon. Daniel McMann Warden of Clinton Prison, Dannemora, New York,respondent-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1968

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3Cited by36 opinions

  1. Leggins v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1980
  2. Thorne v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1980
  3. Kellensworth v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1983
  4. Walls v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1983
  5. Urquhart v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1982

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