Legal Opinion

Divanovich v. State

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided November 10, 1980No. CR 79-165PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Richard L. Mays, Justice.

Appellant was convicted by a jury of capital felony murder and was sentenced to life imprisonment without parole. On appeal appellant argues 19 points for reversal. Since we find reversible error, we shall limit our discussion to those points which compel reversal and to those which, though not error, are likely to confront the court on a retrial.

Although included among appellant’s points for reversal is a challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence, we find ample evidence to sustain a conviction of capital felony murder. A person commits capital murder if he causes…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Gruzen v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1979
  2. Gustafson v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1979
  3. Perry v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1973
  4. McAlister v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1944
  5. Western Coal & Mining Co. v. KrancSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1937

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3Cited by20 opinions

  1. MacKey v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1983
  2. Dillon v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1994
  3. Green v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2000
  4. Divanovich v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1981
  5. Maulding v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1988

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