Legal Opinion

Orsini v. State

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided February 13, 1984No. CR 83-66PublishedCited by 43 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Richard B. Adkisson, Chief Justice.

Appellant, Mary Lee Orsini, and two accomplices were jointly charged with capital felony murder arising from the death of Mrs. Alice McArthur. In a separate trial in Pulaski County Circuit Court, appellant was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment without parole. The State had previously waived the death penalty. On appeal we affirm.

I

Appellant argues that she was convicted on the uncorroborated testimony of an accomplice and that the evidence was insufficient to sustain her conviction. We disagree.

On July 2, 1982, in the late afternoon, the victim was…

2Cases cited32 opinions

  1. Earl v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1981
  2. Perry v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1982
  3. Caton v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1972
  4. Conley v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1980
  5. Kitchen v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1980

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3Cited by43 opinions

  1. Dixon v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1992
  2. United Insurance Co. of America v. MurphySupreme Court of Arkansas · 1998
  3. Jackson v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1986
  4. Williams v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1986
  5. David v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1988

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