Legal Opinion

Woodruff v. State

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided June 28, 1993No. CR 92-1345PublishedCited by 26 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Jack Holt, Jr., Chief Justice.

This is a capital murder case. Darren Woodruff was sentenced to life imprisonment without parole for the capital murder of Carlos (a.k.a. “Brizzle”) Bogan outside a Eudora nightclub at approximately 1:30 a.m. on June 22, 1991. Woodrull appeals on the basis that the trial court committed error in limiting the cross-examination of a State’s witness and in not granting a mistrial because of prejudicial remarks made by the prosecutor. We affirm.

At trial, witnesses called by the State testified that Carlos Bogan was dancing when he swung around a pole in the club and…

2Cases cited25 opinions

  1. Delaware v. Van ArsdallSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  2. Davis v. AlaskaSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  3. Alford v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
  4. Miller v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1980
  5. Sheridan v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1993

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3Cited by26 opinions

  1. Jones v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1999
  2. Leaks v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1999
  3. Williams v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1995
  4. Johnson v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1996
  5. Puckett v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1996

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