Collins v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
1Opinion of the Court
John A. Fogreman, Justice.
The judgment sentencing appellant Carl Albert Collins to death by electrocution under Act 438 of 1973 (Ark. Stat. Ann., Title 41, Chap. 47, Supp. 1973) was affirmed by this court on December 22, 1975. See Collins v. Stale, 259 Ark. 9, 531 S.W. 2d 13. Thereafter, petition for writ of certiorari for review of our judgment affirming the judgment of the Circuit Court of Washington County was filed in the Supreme Court of the United States. That court, on October 4, 1976, vacated our judgment, insofar as it left undisturbed the death penalty imposed, and ordered that this…
Also in this document: Dissent.
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