Legal Opinion

Banks v. State

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided September 24, 1984No. CR 84-50PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Darrell Hickman, Justice.

The appellant was convicted of four counts of aggravated robbery and sentenced to thirty years on each count, the sentences to run consecutively. The only argument made on appeal is that the trial court was wrong in permitting the victims to make in-court identifications, because they were inherently unreliable. We find no merit in this argument, and Banks’ conviction and sentence are affirmed.

The four counts of aggravated robbery were made because Banks and another man robbed four women about 11:30p.m. on July 14, 1983, near the Excelsior Hotel, Little Rock,…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Perry v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1982
  2. Kellensworth v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1983
  3. Hogan v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1983

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Bowden v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1988
  2. Penn v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1984
  3. Gonzales v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1990
  4. Bowden v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1988
  5. Lee v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1993

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