Legal Opinion

Haynes v. State

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided October 13, 1980No. CR 80-91PublishedCited by 22 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

John I. Purtlb, Justice.

Appellant was tried and convicted of first degree battery and aggravated assault with a firearm. The jury asssessed his punishment at 20 years on first degree battery and 10 years on aggravated assault with a firearm.

On appeal appellant urges four grounds for reversal: (1) the court erred in excluding veniremen who expressed reservations about assessing the combined maximum possible sentence to the offense charged; (2) the evidence was insufficient to support the verdict; (3) the court erred in failing to read AMCI 203 to the jury immediately following reference to a…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968

3Cited by22 opinions

  1. Perry v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1982
  2. Scherrer v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1988
  3. Pruett v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1984
  4. Hobbs v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1981
  5. Felty v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1991

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