Legal Opinion

Whitt v. State

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided February 27, 1984No. CR 83-111PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Steele Hays, Justice.

On November 5,1982, the Southwest Federal Savings and Loan Association of Gurdon was robbed of $886. An employee, Mrs. Wanda Clark, was taken as a hostage and left on the edge of Gurdon locked in the trunk of her car. Appellant was charged and convicted of aggravated robbery and kidnapping. As an habitual criminal, he received a sentence of sixty years on the robbery charge and life on the kidnapping charge, the sentences to run consecutively. Four points are argued on appeal, but we find no error.

Appellant claims his in — court identification was tainted by suggestive…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Jones v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1980
  2. Davis v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1969
  3. Hogan v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1983
  4. Martinez v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1980

3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Bowden v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1988
  2. Webster v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1984
  3. Maulding v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1988
  4. Huff v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2012
  5. Clark v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1987

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