Legal Opinion

Miller v. State

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided January 7, 2010No. CR 08-1297PublishedCited by 40 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

DONALD L. CORBIN, Justice.

I, This is an automatic appeal pursuant to Ark. R.App. P.-Crim. 10 (2009) from the judgment of the Sebastian County Circuit Court convicting Appellant James Aaron Miller of three counts of capital murder and sentencing him to death on each count. Jurisdiction is properly in this court pursuant to Ark. Sup.Ct. R. 1-2(a)(2) (2009). We find that no error occurred in the guilt phase of the bifurcated trial, and therefore affirm the judgment of convictions for capital murder. We find that reversible error occurred in the penalty phase of the trial, however, when two…

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2Cases cited51 opinions

  1. Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Lockett v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  3. Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  4. Wainwright v. WittSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  5. Mincey v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1978

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3Cited by40 opinions

  1. Roberts v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2013
  2. Andrew Sasser v. Ray HobbsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2013
  3. Lockett v. WorkmanCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2013
  4. Lard v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2014
  5. Dixon v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2011

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