Legal Opinion

Blueford v. State

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided January 20, 2011No. CR 10-554PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

DONALD L. CORBIN, Justice.

|,Appellant Alex Blueford brings this interlocutory appeal from the order of the Pulaski County Circuit Court denying his motions to prevent his retrial on a pending capital-murder charge because of double-jeopardy protections. On appeal, Blueford asserts that jeopardy attached and prevents his retrial because the jury determined during his trial that he was not guilty of capital murder and its lesser-included offense of first-degree murder. We find no error and affirm.

The record reflects that on July 15, 2008, Appellant was charged with capital murder in violation…

2Cases cited27 opinions

  1. Richardson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Stone v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1982
  3. People v. AndersonCalifornia Supreme Court · 2009
  4. State v. BookerSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1982
  5. Bradford v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2003

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Blueford v. ArkansasSupreme Court of the United States · 2012
  2. State v. FennellCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2013
  3. Avila v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2012
  4. John Mitchell v. State of ArkansasCourt of Appeals of Arkansas · 2023
  5. People v. ArandaCalifornia Supreme Court · 2019

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