Legal Opinion
Edgemon v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided June 22, 1987No. CR 87-26PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Jack Holt, Jr., Chief Justice.
Billy Joe Edgemon was convicted in 1981 of first degree murder for causing the death of Jimmy McCormick and was sentenced to life imprisonment. This court affirmed his conviction in 1982. Edgemon v. State, 275 Ark. 313, 630 S.W.2d 26 (1982). Edgemon’s application for post conviction relief was denied by this court on December 5,1983, in an unpublished opinion. On January 25, 1985, Edgemon filed a pro se petition in the trial court seeking a writ of error coram nobis because of newly discovered evidence. After a hearing on the petition, at which Edgemon was…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Penn v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1984
- Stone v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1986
- Edgemon v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1982
- Marchant v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1985
- Pickens v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1985
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3Cited by11 opinions
- State v. LarimoreSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2000
- Maxwell v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1989
- Smith v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1990
- Perry v. NorrisDistrict Court, E.D. Arkansas · 1995
- Garrett v. Allstate Insurance Co.Court of Appeals of Arkansas · 1988
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